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…
Tag: nonfiction
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…
Excerpts Spring, 1936
I haven’t posted excerpts in a while. These are merely the best of the best! Wednesday, April 1st, 1936 We rode to the fare limit and state limit this afternoon. Mr. Mitelski (he’s in my Economics class) obliged. It was a smooth number, + equipped with a radio. He seemed to be a careless driver,…
The Opposite of Ominous: The Start of Something Big
At some point during the New Year’s party I think I yelled: “I’m OUT!” Grabbed the bowl of chips, spilling them all over the place, went up stairs and fell asleep. (What a jerk!) But I’m glad I did because I was the first one up this morning. I offered to “Do breakfast” even though…
Thank you Word Press!
So here we are, Happy New Year! and I have been Freshly Pressed! It means a lot to me as I build this blog and have ever reaching goals for its success. Do you know what it means to get “Freshly Pressed?” If you look to the left of your page, there is a tab…
TM Anniversary!
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…
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…
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…
Babu Update (and a bit of an update on me;)
Happy December everyone! I have been away from the blog and the entire transcribing project for a while, but it has never been far from my mind, for two reasons. I’ll get to those later. First, Babu is fine. To elaborate further, she’s developed eczema over her whole body which we have a hard time…
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