April 2017 – transcribingmemory

Zosh – Updated

Have you noticed that there haven’t been that many pictures of Zosh? How come, if she was the best friend, (and she really was, their whole life.) Well, the reason is, I needed something or Z! I have updated one post about her, although I should probably update a few more. Because some posts are…

You Must Wait (reblogged)

The end of the month of the A to Z Challenge gets a little tougher. I don’t think it has anything to do with stamina, just letters which are a little more difficult to come up wih something for. I was search old posts for something else today and I decided i would reblog this…

X: Things I do not do

The things I do not do: (Cross them out with an X!) I do not leave things on the floor. I try not to remind her that she has moved past the years when she can pick up things from the floor herself. How demoralizing that must feel. I do not let her in on…

Why I do this

“Lest you forget.” That is what Nat writes on her senior photo that she gives to Babu. Unfortunately, this process doesn’t bring back too many memories for Babu. Mostly what comes up when we read or look at photos are the same stories. And even those she is starting to loose or they are starting…

Vi at the Office

I’m not going to lie, some of the end of the alphabet gets hard. I chose to write about Vi, a girl who works with Babu at the office, because, well, it fits, and because I am always drawn to the background characters. Sometimes they become more important and maybe Vi will. Babu writes: Monday,…

Update

I couldn’t believe it. I was looking at pictures from 1936, 37, 38, and I kept saying “I remember this day!” And the clearly organized notes on the back of most of the images verified it was true. I had read about, transcribed, and wrote about the days these images captured, in some ways better…

Toto’s Zeppelin and Typewriters

Twice in June of 1938 Babu talks about going to Toto’s Zeppelin. Not surprisingly, I was a little confused. Friday, June 17th, 1938 Everything went beautifully tonight when I dressed. Johnny sent beautiful flowers both for my hair and dress. Gabbie invited us to her home for a cocktail party but we all were rather…

Snatched Suitcase, Snapshots, Spin the Bottle, Spook, and The Social Event of the Year

Ernie, the ever traveling transplant from Vermont takes Babu’s Suitcase and “quite a few clothes” but she gets them back later in the month. Johnny Lech comes by and gives her some Snapshots, (I’m guessing these ones:) and tickets to a pop concert. There was a cast party where she played Spin the bottle. She…

Rumble Seat

I don’t know what is so adorable about reading about her sitting in the rumble seat of some friend’s car. NOTE: Neither of the above pictures are Babu’s. I found them on Pinterest. A whole board of rumble seat images! Oh my! I haven’t found one of Babu in the rumble yet, but I might….

Quid Pro Quo

It’s only fair… I ran across an awesome, and awesomely brave, blog the other day: if destroyed still true This writer posts her own diary pages, from when she was young! I didn’t think I’d be brave enough. I thought maybe I should just dig them out and burn them. But then I got to…

Patches and Dan

“That’s Patches!” I said and pointed at a black and white, 80 year old brittle photograph. “And that’s Dan!” I said pointing at another. My husband was incredulous. How did I know the names of horses in these photographs? Then when I exclaimed that I remember the day when she bought those pants read the…