September 3-7, 1990

Labor Day: Stayed home.

Bank; deposited the $4500 for six-month extension of Cybill’s option. Round table; no luck in finding paperback Princesa de Cleves for Wolf River. Tailor; watch-pocketed tuxedo trousers left for one-inch let-out.

Fielding Wright Jr. – a cousin I never met – called from Pascagoula to ask me to write to his ailing father-in-law, who is a grandson of Michael Lawlor. I said I would.

Continued skipping walk because of heat and healing (I hope) right foot.

Wrote to Fielding Wright’s father-in-law Lynn Lawler, grandson of Michael Lawlor.

Returned Jaki and Fitzgerald tapes to library. Seessel’s; got K.C steak and artichoke hearts for anniversary dinner; also my last bottle of La Tache. Made French Fries to go with meal. Good way to celebrate 34 years of marriage.

All but finished La Princesse de Cleves; good as ever.

Wrote to Gore Vidal, answering note about a March visit and a trip to Shiloh.

Dentist; got teeth cleaned; made appointment for next March; a six-month span.

Called Nashville about flight reservations for Southern Festival next month. Will leave here at 8:30AM. Oct 12-20th. Anniversary of R.E. Lee’s death.

Dinner with Herb and Neil – Ross Pritchard’s 66th birthday; Lila, of course, and Mimsy and Frank. Good food, good wine.

Home late; bed by 1:30.

Finished La Princesse de Cleves; a great small-scale novel, even better than I remembered.

Bob Giroux, Walker’s publisher, called to say that the New York Memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Oct 24th, in a Catholic church on Park between 83rd and 84th. Eudora will be there if she can; so will Buckley; 5 or so service speakers.

Drove out is Davis Kidd; got a short paperback book on Robert Jetters.