8

JANUARY 8 FRIDAY
1988 8th day- 358 days follow
Snow still eight inches deep unmelted by
subfreezing weather
Phone call from Stuart Prallet to NY
Union League Club I'll speak there- give a
reading that is, with a follow up discussion
on March 3 a Thursday Fee: air travel
plus $1000 letter will follow
Seessels's in afternoon driving on slippery
pavements; got perch filets for dinner tonight
plus bread milk potatoes + such like
Came back + finished Phineas Finn at
4.30 Trollope is a solid truthful writer;
the John O'Hara of his time
(Note: Found the Clarksvilles note, Vol V
pg. 578-79 "A gloom rests over the city...")
Cooked the perch filets in peanut oil
planters, not the used expensive brand
Boiled potatoes Italian bread bottle of
Macon Village Blanc