It was very rare for Babu to not have marked this pack of her pictures with detailed and precise information. Maybe these were Jake’s pictures and not hers? Whatever the case, I don’t need to be told what day this is as this is clearly a New Year’s celebration. But what year?? I’m thinking that…
Month: December 2017
Images: August, 1939
Sunday, August 6th, 1939 It dawned a hot, glorious day, and after church, Ernie, Billy, Jakey, and I started for Westerly. Jimmy’s girl was still sleeping so we went without them. We spent all day in the sun, slapping sun lotion all over ourselves. I don’t think this business of showing Jakey I like…
August, 1939: Don’t Judge a Month Before It’s Over
When I began reading August, 1939, I panicked a little. Babu was down on Jakey and I worried that this blooming relationship wouldn’t really be the fairytale I always heard it to be. Maybe, in fact, I never heard it that way, but added my own spin on it. I reflected a lot about the…
Memory, Records, and Truth
I just read a wonderful post that explains why I fall so easily into the cliche of being more reflective this time of year. In this post The Beauty Along the Road writes: Liminal Space Posted on December 23, 2017 by Beauty Along the Road One of my favorite things to do in the liminal…
All The Best Intentions…
For the last two days I have been working on a post that seems too big for one post and too big for only two or three days worth of processing and reflecting. It is about, well, mostly about, or maybe only a little bit about, “Jakey.” I have been processing something about “Jakey”…
Happy Holidays! (I’m Trying.)
Wow. I have been away from this blog for so very long. It’s true. It’s also true that I think about this blog every day. But, eh, life. I have to admit, I was nervous to start typing and posting again. But, as it usually happens, once I began, it all melted away. Babu, myself,…
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