males do not do. Just one of the lost (to the male) arts. It rained considerably on Kauai too, so for something to do I put on my bathing suit and my shocking pink (like the suit) beach dress--a terry cloth affair to wear over a wet bathing suit, a rain bonnet covered by a wind scarf and topped with a big straw beach hat also pink. I took by parasol which each room is equipped with, and in this get up de- cided to go wading in the ocean in the rain. I had a wonderful time, picked up a few interesting pieces of driftwood and as a walking pink apparition fright- ened a few hardy fishermen and a few amazed drivers on the road that runs right along the beach. But it was great fun, typically feminine foolishness and why not, I came out there to let go and be Virginia so I did and I was.

Each night, because I was a long term guest, I was invited to the cocktail party given by the man- ager. At one of these I met a handsome blonde young man who was also alone. He was a writer and as I had mentioned something about coming there to write I was billed as a writer too in the introduction and had to back out of that a bit as I wasn't in a pos- ition to say what I was writing. Anyway we got on well and had dinner together 2 or 3 times-dutch-as it was no fun eating alone. We also assayed a 3 mile hike together up behind the hotel to the Opaikaa (0-pa-e-ka-a) Falls. He took the picture of me printed here. I also acquired on this hike a semi- permanent, non-wilting, pretty pink lei. Namely, a circle of sunburn above my dress line and below my hair. I got a good cooking in that area. Funny thing--it seems you can't get away from your neigh- bors no matter where you travel. This chap turned out to live up on the top of the same hill on which I live and drives up and down my street every day. Of course he didn't know what was what re: Virginia, but it was amusing that he should be so close. Some- day I'm going to visit him as Charles and "blow his mind" as the hipsters say, by telling him.

As I indicated in the last issue one of my

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