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Fall, 1936

Time passes before my eyes. Summer turns to fall and bathing suits are put away and replaced with a catalogue of school supplies. She writes what she had to buy and what it cost. She writes that she must go to school full time since her father pays the entire tuition. Her parents must have…

Excerpts from Summer, 1936

These first two excerpts are from her trip to Vermont to visit with Ernie. Babu has talked to me many times about visiting her friend. She clearly had such a great time. Saturday, July 4th, 1936 Junior didn’t come down in the Cunningham yesterday. We rode in the Cadaliac. He and Frank + Nelson got…

Excerpts Spring, 1936

I haven’t posted excerpts in a while. These are merely the best of the best! Wednesday, April 1st, 1936 We rode to the fare limit and state limit this afternoon. Mr. Mitelski (he’s in my Economics class) obliged. It was a smooth number, + equipped with a radio. He seemed to be a careless driver,…

The Opposite of Ominous: The Start of Something Big

At some point during the New Year’s party I think I yelled: “I’m OUT!” Grabbed the bowl of chips, spilling them all over the place, went up stairs and fell asleep. (What a jerk!) But I’m glad I did because I was the first one up this morning. I offered to “Do breakfast” even though…

Thank you Word Press!

So here we are, Happy New Year! and I have been Freshly Pressed! It means a lot to me as I build this blog and have ever reaching goals for its success. Do you know what it means to get “Freshly Pressed?” If you look to the left of your page, there is a tab…

Sunday Share – The First of 2017

This post left me feeling refreshed and hopeful for the new year. It is a wonderfully written poem. Please go check out the blog and happy new year everyone. This is from the blog Perspectives on Life, the Universe, and Everything. Please check out the blog! Golden dusk another year come to close last goodbyes,…

TM Anniversary!

This month I received a notification from WordPress that it is my one year Anniversary with Transcribing Memory. In that time I have transcribed almost three years of Babu’s young life. She has graduated from high school and has begun her second year in college. She has had ups and downs with her parents but…

Summer, 1936

Boys, boys, boys. Let’s begin with Caveman. They have been getting along well for a while now even though Babu doesn’t see the way she can sure mix up a signal. She plainly tells Caveman that he should take her to the prom if he could learn how to dance. Well that explodes in her…

Holiday Magic Sunday Share

Yup. It’s Sunday Share time again and I’ve done something this week I really try – and have been successful so far- not to do. I’m sharing a post from a repeat blog, but I can’t help myself! This post comes from Rabbit Patch Diary. I was looking for some holiday cheer and this blog…

Babu’s Journal: June 1936

Summer is coming. In these pages, anyway. Extended school year due to the March floods but, Summer is coming. Scorching hot days, swimming, tennis, lazy days once school finally dismisses. It’s strange to be at this point in 1936 as magical fluffy white flakes are pouring down outside my window and Christmas Carols are piped…

A Few Laughs and One Half of a Spoiler: Sharing Passages with Babu

When I share passages with Babu, she reacts to the funniest things and goes right by the things I think are interesting. She said she remembered the March 1936 flood but I believe it was barely and had little interest in talking about it or her picture taking antics. She did, however, ask about her…