Does Babu have an OA? Let me explain: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. There is an amazing show on Netflix called the OA. People who have “Near Death Experiences” come back but with the power of angels. (It is really an amazing show!) This makes me think of Veronica Syper. If you remember, in the post…
Tag: 1936
December, 1936
It was my wish to complete transcribing December last month so while the holidays were happening in real life they were also happening in the past, but in the past and present for me. Does that make sense? It’s how I feel when I’m transcribing. It’s the magic of this all being very real and…
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…
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…
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…
May 1936
The excitement in March as run out and has left May full of just the usual. Who will dance with Babu at the innumerable dances and socials that she goes to this month? What demeanor will Drobey be in when she sees him and will walking right by upset him? Will or won’t Jaime continue…
All About Bruno
March, 1936 was such an exciting month to transcribe. There was the New England flood of the century and Babu was out taking pictures, but as before, a larger conflict filters its way through. In these pages there have been these reverberations of history, not just personal history but national history, that sometimes collide with…
Sharing The Start of 1936
It felt so good to sit down with Babu again and share these journals. She read January 1936 and I asked her what jumped out to her. She said she thinks she really liked going to Bay Path College. That put a smile on my face. I shared with her that I loved reading about…
March+April 1936 She’s Still Talking to Angels
Victoria is still at it. I rushed to transcribe April to see if I could get some resolution to what this Angel Speaker is up to. Not yet, but Babu is holding on to both her intrigue and belief, despite warnings. Tuesday, March 3rd, 1936 Got a letter from Veronica. She told me of all…
Winter 1935-1936 Excerpts
Some difficult times: Tuesday, December 10th, 1935 Oh lord please don’t let a thing like a misunderstanding come between friends, as between J. and me. It’s horrible. We had an election of office. I was elected secretary. J. Sat with Teddy and Drobey. Drobey didn’t even talk to me. I passed by all of them…
February 1936 “She Talks to Angels”
This February is not a surprising month for this to happen but it brings with it a new crush, Maurice, the boy she went to the dance with. AND he is in her English class. There is a scandal with another girl in their class, one whom Babu refers to as the “class freak.” This…
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