Phil Wood's Letters

7 June 44
Just a little further at sea

Dear Girls,

All very much the same – the days and waves slide by – alike as peas in a pod. Funny though, all the elements of preparation, worry are here as they were last time, but they seem scrambled and a little blurred – vague feelings that I’ve done and felt this before dull the edges of feeling and make confused sensations – dreamlike – lying languid under the torpor of the tropic sun. Having to make a positive effort to have time pass by­ – and yet, not exactly anxious that we should reach our objective.

Boswell has been a big help. I’ve become quite involved in the details of Johnsoniana and it’s well worth the physical labor of turning thru 1500 pages. I wish I had War & Peace, Lee’s Lieutenants or a few of that genre. This is the time and place to tackle those boys.

I hope you took my polemic on the WACs just seriously enough to stay out of it – spend your patriotic fervor on writing a big pile of letters for when I get them next.

Love
Phil