Sometimes, not a lot happens to Babu in a month’s time. (Think about what a diary of mine would like like, if I ever wrote in one!) January, 1939 is a busy one, however. It was busy with small details that I could have easily over looked, like these two sentences somewhere midmonth: Mother had…
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January, 1939
The beginning to the New Year comes whether you are ready or not. This New Year’s day drops in on Babu alone. Got a book and an apple and a bed so I’m hopping to it – Her New Year’s night and day could have been worse. It was for Frank, who begins the new…
December, 1939
Writing about ice skating, getting colds, and “The holidays” in the summer heat is always ill fitting, but here it is, as chronology dictates: December, 1938! The end of another year. To catch everyone up and center ourselves, since I have been away for a few days: By this time in 1938: She has graduated…
On This Day in 193… Part Two
Well here they are. You gave me dates and now I will tell you what was happening in the world on that day in the mid 1930s. Actually, better yet, I will tell you what was happening in Babu’s world on that date. Rabbit Patch Diary asked for March 15th 1935: Friday, March 15, 1935…
November, 1938
I’m still looking for dates! Give me a date that’s important to you and I’ll tell you what was happening on that day somewhere between 1934-1938. (Post coming soon. The more that participate the more fun it will be.) November, 1938 was a snowy month and Babu, ever so innocently, remarks how she was…
Excerpts October, 1938
There is a lot going on in these excerpts. There are three Halloween happenings, the Nee Wah initiation – just the girls – a cancelled party that turns into a night out with Jakey, and a dinner in the cemetery with Johnny. There are two boys, wait, three boys. We cant forget Depathy. He makes…
Sharing with Babu: That’s the kind of friends we were.
Sharing passages again with Babu seemed to be the cure to what ailed me, and her. We read some of August twice now and we haven’t yet got through. She reads on the computer with really big font and I sit with her and scroll through. Reading with her today was like being on the…
September, 1938
Well, September, 1938 is certainly full of excitement. It also has at least one let down. The month begins with her still in Vermont on vacation. She has “glorious days” riding horseback and tandem bicycles. (Why don’t we see more of tandem bicycles?) This is probably the only way she can ride a bike with…
The Moon: Excerpts, August, 1938
Monday, August 1st, 1938 Alice and Jimmy took us mushroom picking up by Ashley Pond where we kids go to watch the moon over the mountain. We got bit up and scratched up and I got a handful of berries and a couple of mushroom and a spray of flowers. Wrote a letter to Benny…
Snatched Suitcase, Snapshots, Spin the Bottle, Spook, and The Social Event of the Year
Ernie, the ever traveling transplant from Vermont takes Babu’s Suitcase and “quite a few clothes” but she gets them back later in the month. Johnny Lech comes by and gives her some Snapshots, (I’m guessing these ones:) and tickets to a pop concert. There was a cast party where she played Spin the bottle. She…
May, 1938
Her parents celebrate their 21st anniversary. She continues rehearsals and they are a part of her reason for lack of sleep that threatens to cause a break down. I know I’m due for a break down soon with this need for sleep. The other reasons for her need for sleep? And another Bay Path memory! …
Hair, Hanging Around, Harland, Hepburn, Horses, and Making him Happy.
Hair: Sunday, April 3rd, 1938 Fixed my hair in the page boy style and curls in front. Nat and her brother came up and Zosh and I went riding in the rumble seat. It was so cold and windy that we cuddled up under the seat on the floor. Jaime came up but I sent…
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