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How Lovely!
It is really wonderful to have so many new followers to this blog. As you might already know, I call this my labor of love. For two reasons, one because it is a lot of work! I transcribe the passages, edit them, print them, and then spend time with Babu, my grandmother, as she reads…
Oh! And There’s Also This!
I cannot believe that when I wrote The Drobey Drama that I left out this passage from 1934: Sunday, November 18th, 1934 Why is it pal o’ mine that you don’t care for a person any more after you once thought it would be heavenly bliss to be with him always. Imagine in my inner self…
The Truth About the Ice Skates
Remember those ice skates Babu wanted and got for Christmas? Friday, December 14th, 1934 After all the tests weren’t so bad today. All the studying I did came in good stead. I only hope my marks are passing. I wish we could skip over tomorrow. I want a pair of skates for Christmas but that…
December, 1934
This month will bridge the gap between the diary I started first, 1935, and then the diary I found, 1934. I stopped in Summer 1935 go go back to 1934. Now when I go back to 1935 it will be the start of autumn again! She’ll be starting college then. Exciting. In December, 1934 Babu…
The Drobey Drama
Let’s see if we can follow this thread and once and for all solve the Drobey Drama. (Spoiler alert, we wont! Haha. But it will be funny to watch our heads spin.) Sunday, September 16th, 1934 Jeanette and I saw at the Victoria “The Love Captive” and “The Lucky Texan”. We enjoy watching the people…
Back to School, Babu Style
I’m a bit nostalgic about Babu going back to school for her last year of high school. I wonder if, as she ages, her entries will remain as endearing, honest, and naive. To a certain point, I believe they will. I’m also nostalgic about all of the nonstop going back to school talk because for…
A Piece of Creative writing.
I haven’t shared entries with Babu is a long time. It felt really good to do so today. Here is a piece of Creative Writing from Babu!! LOVE IT!!! Thursday, September 6th, 1934 One should be more quiet and more or less submissive on the day of confession, but to us that means comparatively little….
Autumn 1934
There’s condensation on the cars and a chill in the morning air today. And I think I may have seen some autumn colors at the side of the highway. The last of the blueberries are off of the bush but the tomatoes are going wild and the pumpkin vines are running away with themselves. The…
Last half of August, 1934 Excerpts
What a difference “two weeks” makes: Saturday, August 18th, 1934 We started for home at quarter after three and got here at 6:30. I’m so excited I can’t eat. Saw a Caveman and Penny. But Caveman as usual was silent. Jeanette wrote me a letter but gave the wrong address and it came back so…
The Last Half of August, 1934
She makes it home and she is glad!! However, Jeanette greets her with a letter that never got to Babu while she was in camp. It reveals that Drobey has found another girl. Babu seems less upset by that and more upset by the fact that, at first, he wont speak to her when she…
Beginning of August, 1934 Excerpts
She might seem like a wallflower fading into a corner…. Sunday, August 5th, 1934 Went to church again. They must think I’m a regular member. I like Sunday cause we always have company and it isn’t dull. But gee! I was sure I’d go home Saturday and I’m not so it seems. Adele said they…
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