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#156 Navy #3247 (Mil. Govt) FPO San Francisco Monday 7:45 am Darling, Tel got back last night and will be at the school early this morning so I'm taking an hour off to sort out mail and clippings of the last 3 days and write you the note I didn't have time for last night. In another envelope I'm returning the Ernie Pyle columns to date. They reflect so well - better than any magazine articles or other stuff I've seen - the small incidents of travel and life out here, many of which (tho trivial) we can't write about) that I’d like you to keep them for me. They'll doubtless be put in a book someday and I’d like to get it, but much of the stuff is sure to be edited out and we can then weed out what isn't. Is there anyway you can get duplicates of the columns without buying another paper? I’d prefer to pass these around if you can get a set to keep, tho of course others here receive them. Yesterday I received another set of contact prints and as usual was delighted to see them. Your picture of the Valentine flowers was excellent - that kind is hard to photograph. It was good to see more of the house - bushes, vines and flowers seem to be blooming in earnestness and I do wish I could see the little cottage as it is with lots of color around it. It seemed to me when I was there, when it was a little [bare?], that that was all it needed to make it very [pg 2] attractive. More pictures of Wendy are always welcome, and I was glad to see a couple with you in them. You look well, Sweetie, and your hairdo seems to have been an especially good one. Yes, Wendy really does look like a little girl as she strands in her playpen with a dress on. The marketing one (in the basket) made me laugh. They are all good. (Yes, little sweetie, I see your toofies! And now you have more!) #175: Hope you do get to like beer. I hated it the first 3 bottles. Then suddenly I began to like it and have ever since. Best to choose times when you’re a little thirsty, of course - I don't think it will take you long to acquire a taste for it. Beer differs a good deal according to label: try to get Pabst, Schlitz, or Budweiser (there are other good ones, of course; I don't know the local varieties). Glad and somewhat relieved to hear about your having the ring refitted. It was a good idea. Really must go to work now or I won't catch the postman, who stops by Operations Office (where I leave my letters on the way to school) a little after 8. I love you, darling. I know I've been awfully delinquent about answering and I'll try never to get so far behind again. Meanwhile I've kept track of what isn't answered yet. Warren
