November 13, 1943

Hi,
Yours of Nov. 4 received gratefully today. I hope you enjoy army forms- filling out forms in triplicate, etc. The Current News also came today + confirmed your news about Anne Goff. I take it her job is more or less permanent? We’ve had some beautiful weather now + then for anywhere from a couple of hours to a couple of days at a time. The full moon has been gorgeous. But I expect there will be very little sunshine from Dec. to Feb., incl. And the sun is awful low in the sky at noon nowadays, also pretty feeble. It’s a long, long, long way from Texas. However, we aren’t cold anymore, so we don’t care much if it rains from now to Easter. I just discovered today that they still coin farthings here. It is about the size of our cent + has a little bird on it that looks as if it was designed by Walt Disney. That makes 10 coins in use in this silly country, 3 of them rara but perfectly legal- (farthing), ha’penny, penny, threepenny bit, (silver threepence), sixpence shilling, florin, half-crown, + ??. And since their smallest “bank-note” is for 10s, you usually have a pocket full of metal- especially copper. Maybe I’ll write you a letter tomorrow- Kat ? is explaining the Jewish religion.

Love B