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….
Category: Excerpts
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…
No Job, The Navy, and Another Night, Another Dance
Another night, another dance. What a tough life she has! Saturday, May 7th, 1938 Another night, Another dance. Oh my days! Even tried out for the May Queen with Depathy. Of course I didn’t get it. Only John Lech was missing tonight. Oh yes and not. I got a craving for an apple and we…
Meet the Joneses!
Weekend in Vermont with her friend Ernie was something Babu would never forget. I wrote about these passages a few days ago: Saturday, April 23rd, 1938 Ernie and I boarded the 12:40 train and got into Bellow’s Falls at three. We and Mrs. Jones went to the sports show. Harland and Chet came up in…
Images
Babu writes constantly about taking “snapshots.” but this blog has had a lack of photographs. Granted, the snapshots she talks about are eighty years old. When I started looking through old photographs and scrapbooks, I could only find books from around 57 and further. I had the genius idea last night of asking my husband…
Hair, Hanging Around, Harland, Hepburn, Horses, and Making him Happy.
Hair: Sunday, April 3rd, 1938 Fixed my hair in the page boy style and curls in front. Nat and her brother came up and Zosh and I went riding in the rumble seat. It was so cold and windy that we cuddled up under the seat on the floor. Jaime came up but I sent…
Ernie, Eddie, Expectations
Babu’s relationship with Ernie is truly wonderful. As I’ve written about before, every time Babu and I talk about Ernie, Babu expounds on how beautiful Ernie was. Tuesday, March 15th, 1938 Instead of having a meeting we bowled at the Polish school. First string I bowled 32 and then 51. Mom had to rip out…
Cruisers, Cartography, and Caring for Him
Today I am realizing that maybe – hopefully! – there are a lot of new people visiting my blog. Thank you. A quick explanation to what you will be reading: (You can also check it out by clicking “What This Is.”) My husband and I live with his grandmother who just turned 99 and we…
Apricots, (teenage) Angst, and Age
“Oh Ahhpricot!” “Oh A pricot!” Babu told me a story of a boy who worked at the corner store and how he would run over to the store to work everyday when school children were on their lunch break. He would pick on her for how she said A pricot. Or Ahpricot. I’m not sure…
The Most Frightening Thing I Ever Read
The most frightening thing I ever read is the scene in Black House, Written by Stephen King and Peter Straub. Some bad ass bikers jump on their hogs and head out to the haunted house, yes, the Black House mentioned in the title. But this house has a defense. They are mostly through the woods…
Excerpts of Winter, 1938
Yesterday’s post brought strong memories of Spring but today’s post is a throw back to Winter. Ever wonder what winter in New England was like in 1938? Tuesday, January 11th, 1938 Ernie has been thinking of asking Bill Sheasby and I, Lincoln Butson to the Nee Wah formal but I doubt they’ll go if we…
December Lovin’ or Nah
I. Just. Don’t. Get. It. On Saturday, December 4th she tells Johnny L. she loves him and I don’t think she has ever said it to any other boy before. Saturday, December 4th, 1937 Saw “Nothing Sacred” and “Adventurous Blonde.” Ernie and I shopped but didn’t buy anything. My voice is going an account of…
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