July 25 Mon

More work on the poem, now called Autobiographical1
Alan nailing up Dorothy's chapel against bats. (One was let into the house, we think by Modeste, while we were all taking an evening walk to Petite Chevrie. I killed it with a shovel.)
Dorothy & I made lamp shades & shade-holders, after going together to Montauban & ordering a 2nd hand bicycle. [sic: )]
Laura with difficulty working on Aristotle2.
An ensaimada3 sent by Juan & Anita: made by a Ca'n Borras man at Mulhouse4.

Editorial Notes

1Presumably this became "Being Tall". (Check drafts in Buffalo for this title.) DW; eds.
3a local Majorcan pastry WG; "twisted coffee cake" eds.
4town outside of Basel, France eds.