A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind No. Picked a bushel of string bings up on the hill. Had Charlie Fraser up on the hill to see about building some bookshelves. I found a humming birds nest, she is building it in the pine tree over my screened loam box. I heard last …
ToDay is the Birthday of Cool and showers Wind east. Picked some beans up on the hill. I got a letter from Dorothy H from Washington and she sent a picture of Harry. Last night Ski went over to see if she could shoot a woodchuck. She sneaked up to take a peek thru the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind No. Moved a lot of books from the attic to Harry's museum. Mary finished up working on the hill today. Stopped in to see Eric on my way home from work – his two cousins from Washington were there. Walder and Pic came in before I …
ToDay is the Birthday of Cloudy, light shower, win So. Planted kidney beans, wax beans and Horticulture. Archie was over this afternoon working in his garden. We had beets and string beans out of the garden today. Saw a marsh hawk over by Walders. After supper, I went up on the hill to fix the …
ToDay is the Birthday of America Rode up to the store and got the paper and some bread. After dinner I went down to the corner and Carl Holman picked me up and gave me a ride to town. I went to the Armory and the company marched out to No. Plymouth Theater and took …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind SoW. Saw Mrs. H this morning and she had a letter from Martha and one from Harry. I went over to the river after dinner to fish. All I caught was a small mud turtle. I was in Fred Moon's boat but had to get out …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind East. Thel and a bunch of women went down to the camp to spend the day. Nobody home when I got home at noon. Worked in the garden till 2 p.m. Took a walk over to see Pic and Walder for a few minutes, took a …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind West. Saw a woodcock on the side of the front drive, I was about eight feet from it, it wasn't the least bit afraid of me. Put top dressing on the bowling green. Ski and Jubbie [?] worked haying for Frank Holman on the Bramhall land. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Put top dressing on the pool lawn. Eleanor worked at Mabbit's office from 8 a.m. Yesterday morning. They had to revise their payroll. Eleanor took me over to the Armory. We marched down to and along Water St, over as far as Stephen's Field, and …
Hello all, I'm going to be out of town and without internet access for about a week and a half. I had hoped to do some early scheduling of blog posts before I left, but it's becoming clear that's simply not going to happen. I do apologize, but I'm going to take the next several …
