This month I received a notification from WordPress that it is my one year Anniversary with Transcribing Memory. In that time I have transcribed almost three years of Babu’s young life. She has graduated from high school and has begun her second year in college. She has had ups and downs with her parents but…
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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…
Sunday Share – Food and Memories
This week I am sharing a recipe. I do not cook or bake but during the holidays I always feel like baking. That counts for something right? Well, not only does this post from Recipe in a bottle have a very tasty looking recipe, but it comes with a heart warming story. This post reminded me…
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…
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…
March 1936 – The Great Flood Excerpts
Thursday, March 12th, 1936 It’s been raining all week so far. If the river doesn’t stop rising conditions are going to become drastic. Havoc has already been done in some places. Some small bridges and dams were swept away and trolleys didn’t run for a while today. Miss Dickey ordered us out of the room…
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…
January, 1936
I’m thrilled to be in the new year! Interesting things are on their way and I know it. Now in January 1936 she is eighteen years old, attending a college secretarial program, rarely mentions Drobey anymore but is still pining for W.B.Z. She is without a steady boyfriend and it’s shocking to me. Her children…
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