First Things First by Llewellyn Kate; Bacchus Ruth; Hill Barbara

Author:Llewellyn, Kate; Bacchus, Ruth; Hill, Barbara
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: book, BJ, LCO011000
ISBN: 9781743053768
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Published: 2016-08-05T04:00:00+00:00

Leura.

8th September 1991.

Dear Bob and Mandy,

Thank you for having me to stay and all the hospitality. Also Mandy for the beautiful introduction to Angels. I wonder what that video will be like—they might send me a copy as last time they did.

No word speaking of ADFA on the letters yet. I suppose Lynn’s reading them! God knows what’s in them! Enough to make your hair curl thinking of it! Mine that is—yours Mandy can’t curl more and yours Bob’s wavy.

I’m sorely tempted to come and see the Tankard performance—

women as flowers dancing on water appeals to me greatly—my childhood was full of such fancy dresses and I am very keen on all that in a deep way—I mean—Freudian or primitive I think. I’ve been a poppy, a gumnut, etc in the past and now I fancy myself as a lily. (Suzie Mitchell calls me Lily in her new stories I’m told.)

But I go to Ad. to ‘Ninga Ninga’ with Wendy. Jerry’s not coming as Bob wants to see Vermont in Autumn and a poker club in Los Angeles so she’s off reluctantly in one week.

I’ve begun to garden after a year of not. Feels odd and yet exhilarating. I was actually afraid and didn’t know how to begin and felt so daunted I kept leaving it. But four maples are moved, 6 roses, 2 rhododendrons, all to better positions—I think position is everything—like life and tennis.

I borrowed 20 copies of Angels at Gleebooks’ request for Tom up here at Megalong Bookshop and took them with me, as they were the only ones available. At my stage of career this is hopeless. Over 60,000 copies of my work sold in Aust. and I’m like a newcomer with these petty scenes of mismanagement. Enough! Sorry! I had to talk for 1 and a 1/2 hours straight in a naked lecture theatre a good audience—very literary and keen people.

The other gig a lovely bookshop, Pentimento in Balmain with three poets—Billy Marshall Stoneking who did Sixteen Words for Water read too—he’s lovely an old friend but I sold three books and I intend to give up all these appearances as they are pure tommy-rot—6 hours travelling etc. etc.

So, the new woman—gardening, bird watching, muffin making even, maybe soon, writing. All this pleases me and I hope I stick to it as my life was not as I wanted it and this way it will be.

Mary’s fine and Jack’s in good form and easier by the month.

I’m letter boxing for the local bookseller standing for Council and 2nd lot of pamphlets go out today—a good look at Leura is mine by this. Many, many empty houses about a quarter in all.

Bill my neighbour thinks (and scolds me) it outrageous that I bathe on a sunny day with back door open! I didn’t come to Leura to live like a mouse in a hole with a cat at the entrance.

What news of the Soviets? It is like a dream ‘I dreamt the Soviet Union collapsed’. I feel it is so incredible, Bob, that your pictures ­predicted the fall of the giants.

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