Good day began with a furious read of The Paris Wife, now 2/3 read. The telltale signs of a relationship in trouble are beginning to show through Hadley's dialogue -- Ernest is getting restless. Unfortunate thing is Ernest's new interest is in Paulette Pfeiffer, a friend of both Hemingways. The smash up is certain to be spectacular. Ernest and bullfiighting -- McLain vividly depicts the running of the bulls in Pamplona and of the bullfights that Ernest was so fond of. Me? I think about my unfortunate great great grandfather, Carl Mach (1823-1893) who was gored by his "pet" bull and instantly killed. I found a newspaper account in a Monroe, Michigan newspaper, but recently found that the story had also been picked up by the Clare (Michigan) Sentinel, which garbled his name "Christian Mott" for "Carl Mach" but the date and place (Waltz, Michigan) fit.
His official death certificate only mentions that his death was accidental (cause of death shown on facing page of this main entry:
The death of an old man by a charging animal elicits no romance or pageantry, but our family's long memory of the passing of a kind old man takes the thrill out of bullfighting for many of us.
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Workout went very well -- up tempo and snappy. Weigh in again at 169.5.
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Spent the entire day and well into the early evening outside working on the lawn and grounds -- a cool day, but the grass keeps growing. No great romance in that, either! Turned in early!
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