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270 Monday - May 21 - 9:15 P.M. My Dearest Darling: Just finished unwrapping a Special Package from you containing the geta, bamboo whoozits (please explain) and the Ronson lighter. Is that the something Brownie gave you for me? I'm so excited about having it - my little one went on the blink several months ago - I haven't a drop of Ronsonal out tonight, which is a minor disappointment. Please thank Brownie profusely for me. I'll take good care of it for you sweety, so we can trade when you get home. The geta look almost too huge to wear, are they? The bamboo whoozits were [pg 2] covered with a greenish mold - tomorrow I'll wipe them with a mild disinfectant and put them in the sun - I gather it's the same kind of mold you spoke of when you first reached the island. Darling, I love all these s'prize packages - we’re going to need another Pirate's Chest to put all our new additions in. Before the package arrived, I filed away #201-225, and reread thru them hastily. I'm glad all letters are filed to date, it would have been an herculean task if I’d waited til after the war. Two letters from you today those of the 17th and 18th [pg 3]. Now I get mail faster from you than I do from M and F! This afternoon I got to thinking that I was getting into a rut, and decided to do something about it. First, I cleaned out the big trunk - took out the glass goblet, put it beside your pipe rack, and filled it with four lovely pink roses off our bush. Next, I set about making new kitchen curtains, and a matching tablecloth. I had to use every bit of material I had, so there isn't any sample. They turned out very well, and I moved and hung them after putting Wendy to bed. While I was moving, Helen [pg 4] came in with some more news and scuttle. She knows some of the men still here - I haven't seen anyone I know for weeks. Haven't heard from either Will or Ruth, so I guess something must have come up to change their plans. Scuttle has it that the men in Casa now, will all be out by the end of June - Some of the men have already been alerted - taken off the staff and put on teams - Whether that means the end of Casa altogether I haven't yet heard. San [B?o] and Pearl are both reported jammed - probably because the current operation is taking longer than planned. Helen met Doris White, and [pg 5] she asked if I’d left Carmel, and when you are expected home! I am surprized, she greets me begrudgingly every time I see her - and that's seldom. Haven't seen Gerry in a long while. Took and left her some flowers she’d admired last week, but she wasn't home. Perhaps I'll drop by tomorrow. M and F are very much taken with Aunt Beth - and evidently had a very pleasant visit. Wendy is over her “misery” and is just as sassy as ever. Mrs. Price's daughter stopped in for a few minutes with her 12 year old son, and Wendy was charming - there's just no other word for the way she behaved. [pg 6] 226 “This is My Beloved” is a love narrative - would take you about an hour to read. It hits hard and close - remember, I sent you a few excerpts I particularly liked. I’d like to send it, when I get it, if you can find a quiet hour and place to go off with me. Sent a bottle of ‘Quink’ in your Father's Day box. Khaki seems to be in just as much evidence as ever - tho the Columbia men come out in grays occasionally, as well as a few of the others. This morning I put the flat white on Wendy's chair - this afternoon the white enamel, when its all finished I'll take some pictures for you. Love you Tinker, please come home to me soon. Bobby
