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The Name List
This has been a two day mystery, the name list. This is the list of her family members: children, grandchildren, great grandchildren. My sister wrote it a long time ago and it has been stuck into the frame of the hutch, but she wanted it down about a week ago, and I thought it should…
June, 1934
My job just got a lot harder! She has been writing in a five year diary and half way through this month she must have realized that she wont keep this journal for five years or she received a new one for the next year, possible on her birthday. So, she begins to fill the…
Layers like Pages in an Old Journal
Reading her journals has not changed my perspective on what person my grandmother is, but it has given me layers. I always knew she was playful, dancing in her chair when I come dancing into the room, or making semi lewd jokes about fireworks, but I’ve also “seen” her playfulness with her high school friends. …
May, 1934, Excerpts: “Caveman”
Saturday, May 5th, 1934 I never knew how hateful it is to be snubbed. I should have expected it of “Cav.” But just the same it doesn’t help the hurt. I guess “Cav” isn’t very much in code… 😦 Sunday, May 6th, 1934 It got warm, everyone is out on the streets. Because I didn’t…
Sundays are for Sharing
I have decided to begin: “Sunday Share” here on my blog. I have asked and gotten approval from the person each Sunday who I share their post. I am doing this because I have found the blogging community to be delightfully and unexpectedly lovely and supportive. I will be sharing specific posts from lovely blogs…
**Contains Spoliers
In late April Jeanette goes to Manhattan for vacation and Babu receives a letter the first day of May and by Mid May Jeanette is back. This passage reminded Babu of the fate of the friendship between them. Jeanette, someday in a future past I have not gotten to in my reading, will move down…
May, 1934
Babu spends a large amount of time in May – and possibly other months – reading “L” stories with Zosh. Does L stand for love? Was she reading romance novels? I giggled as I wrote that. She described that phenomenon of Spring thaw and what happens to people perfectly. It got warm, everyone is out…
Clouding over
Babu hates when she views the world outside of her window and it’s cloudy. She’ll say: “No sunshine today?” and not just once. I’m always more concerned about the clouds that move across her, across her face when she just can’t grasp a memory, or, even worse for her, a word, the clouds that move…
April, 1934 Excerpts
Monday, April 23rd, 1934 I am really sore today. W.B.Z. Took Janet Overbaugh to the Junior Prom. Jeanette and I made a sojourn to the library. Those two nuts! They sounded drunk coming home singing “neighbors.” We had a good time hiding behind the tree. Hiding behind a tree?? What shenanigans was she up to?…
Mending Fence
Our neighbor next door is the best I could ask for. She is truly lovely. As a bonus, her husband is a police officer, a friendly one, and I feel safe having them next door. She and I always say hello to one another with small check ins. “Hows your grandmother?” She always asks and…
Stark Contrasts
Amidst all her worries about when to wear her sport blouse and her strong feelings over saddle shoes, Babu has an encounter with death. She writes: Friday, April 27th, 1934 It makes a person realize the truth of death when a young person like Lorraine Pronovost dies. Just a few weeks ago she was so…
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