There’s been some talk in these pages that I’ve left out. It’s talk like this: Thursday, September 7th, 1939 Jakey was certainly in a love-ly mood. Couldn’t get enough. Only for a while he put the lights out and I asked for them back. Now, I am not here to dish on the juicy details…
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Theme for 2018!
Happy start to 2018. This is going to be a year of healing, self care, and creative growth. It’s going to be a year of peace and hard work. This year is going to feel good. Again, I am starting a post with another post that was inspirational to me. This comes from Monte Celia…
New Year’s Eve Vintage Photos: 19…?
It was very rare for Babu to not have marked this pack of her pictures with detailed and precise information. Maybe these were Jake’s pictures and not hers? Whatever the case, I don’t need to be told what day this is as this is clearly a New Year’s celebration. But what year?? I’m thinking that…
Images: August, 1939
Sunday, August 6th, 1939 It dawned a hot, glorious day, and after church, Ernie, Billy, Jakey, and I started for Westerly. Jimmy’s girl was still sleeping so we went without them. We spent all day in the sun, slapping sun lotion all over ourselves. I don’t think this business of showing Jakey I like…
August, 1939: Don’t Judge a Month Before It’s Over
When I began reading August, 1939, I panicked a little. Babu was down on Jakey and I worried that this blooming relationship wouldn’t really be the fairytale I always heard it to be. Maybe, in fact, I never heard it that way, but added my own spin on it. I reflected a lot about the…
Memory, Records, and Truth
I just read a wonderful post that explains why I fall so easily into the cliche of being more reflective this time of year. In this post The Beauty Along the Road writes: Liminal Space Posted on December 23, 2017 by Beauty Along the Road One of my favorite things to do in the liminal…
All The Best Intentions…
For the last two days I have been working on a post that seems too big for one post and too big for only two or three days worth of processing and reflecting. It is about, well, mostly about, or maybe only a little bit about, “Jakey.” I have been processing something about “Jakey”…
July, 1939
So, the other day, I believe this was actually as far back as last Tuesday, I really wanted to get back to the meat of this blog. The transcribing and retelling of Babu’s life. I took a gander at the last month’s worth of transcriptions – June 1939 – and I realized something was wrong. …
April, May, and June, 1939: Babu Roars!
April, May, and June seem to be a wild time for Babu. By June, Babu is doing more than burning the candles at both ends. She’s thrown the candle right in the fire and she’s still going. At first it was concerning and seemed to be heading for a break down, it still might before…
Other Delightful Things in May, 1939
In May, 1939, she writes: There hasn’t been any rain all week. It’s wonderful. Only it’s such a grand night out and the love of my life is angry with me. Otherwise, he’d be up to see me. Let the record show that On May 5th, 1939, Babu called Jakey “the love of her life.” …
May, 1939 The Story of Some Pictures
I have to admit, May, 1939 was much of the same as the month before. I don’t know if it’s just me, but that makes it no less interesting! And, in fact, I did have a mystery solved. I cannot believe I forgot to mention this when I wrote about April. There have been some…
April, 1939: Hitler and UFOs!
Yes, you read that title correctly. And I am so excited for this passage for two reasons: I hate talking about Hitler, especially in today’s climate (I THOUGHT MAYBE WE WERE MOSTLY PAST THIS!) but I love when history explodes out of the pages of these 80 year old books. It’s like, I know a…
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