Friday Ap 2 1937

A bad day. Did no work of any sort: to Lugano to get my pension witnessed by the Consul. The rest was discussion of the hopelessness of carrying on any decent writing or publishing business in face of the dark age opposition to anything good.
Laura has been having bad dreams: her bedroom has evidently had a lot to do with death at one time or another.
Mola's attack on Bilbao begins.

Hands Referenced

Places Mentioned

  • Bilbao

    Bilbao, Basque Province, Spain

  • Lugano

    Lugano, Switzerland
    near the Italian border, where RG and LR spent part of 1937 eds.

People Mentioned

  • Laura

    Riding, Laura
    (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

  • Mola

    Mola, General
    1887-1937; General in the Spanish Army eds.