January 29, 1942*
*This entry is undated in the book, but situated before the January 30, 1942 entry which is dated. What am I going to do with… Read More »January 29, 1942*
*This entry is undated in the book, but situated before the January 30, 1942 entry which is dated. What am I going to do with… Read More »January 29, 1942*
*probably erroneously published as January 18, 1942 in the printed version According to the information I gathered, the condition of the internees has greatly improved. The… Read More »January 19, 1942*
Yesterday afternoon, towards six o’clock, I’m coming back from a short walk with Colia [Nicholas Balfour] and as I approach the house I see Redfern,… Read More »18 Jan. 1942
The Camp was slow getting started, but we each had to find our own bed and our own food. I had a car seat cushion… Read More »Jan. 6 to 17, 1942
Yesterday returned to Santo Tomas taking some provisions for Angela [Templer]. Very depressing. Queued endlessly among the Filipinos, in the heat and dust. Impossible to… Read More »16 Jan. 1942
Ignorance is really bliss. Walked right into the American concentration camp in Santo Tomas, without knowing the Japanese prohibited such visits. Saw old friends: Sam… Read More »January 15, 1942
The typhoid-cholera-dysentery combination, plus the banged-up knee, plus cats on the roof, made last night definitely not a tranquil one. A masterpiece of understatement. Wish… Read More »January 15, 1942
An eventful day. Until ten o’clock nothing unusual. Market, breakfast, cleaning the house. At ten o’clock Betty [Lander] receives a telephone call from one of… Read More »14 January 1942
While I have the energy I want to record yesterday’s doings—a most momentous day. We cleared up the cocktail lounge, took out all the broken… Read More »January 14, 1942