Typed letter signed : Last House [Glen Ellen, California], to David Pleydell-Bouverie, 1976 Dec. 14.

Record ID: 
293975
Accession number: 
MA 4786.65
Author: 
Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
Credit: 
Gift of David Pleydell-Bouverie, 1992.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes: 

With a note in red ink in the left margin, possibly in Pleydell-Bouverie's hand: "see paragraph 2 of M.F. letter dated 30 XI 76 [MA 4786.63] how strangely changeable a woman can be!"
Part of a collection of ca. 225 typed and autograph letters, postcards, and notes from M.F.K. Fisher to David Pleydell-Bouverie. Items in this collection are described in individual records; see MA 4786 for more information.

Summary: 

Emphasizing that she has "no intention to depart" and has certainly not made up her mind to leave Last House; saying that she wants to live in Last House as long as she is physically able to; discussing various people who live at the Ranch; reporting that her cat, Charlie, "has had to give up his 24-hour safari for live game" because the "nights are very chilly ... and everything is dormant"; describing her Christmas plans.

Provenance: 
David Pleydell-Bouverie.