Just a vague suspicion
Dearly Beloved, No mail from you this morning – so I presume you must be on the ship for those few days as you wrote me. But I shall expect … Continue reading
I Hope I’ll Do Well
My computer is back in hand and we can continue our time traveling! Let’s take a trip back to the fall or winter of 1943. The last letter you saw … Continue reading
Stand Up, Brooklyn!
I still don’t have a computer to put up a new letter but I thought I would tide everyone over with some other Brooklyn reading. First, a thank you to … Continue reading
Lost Memory
Hello, if there is anyone still out there. I haven’t been able to post anything lately because my computer crashed and I lost my hard drive. I think it is … Continue reading
A Musical Interlude from South Pacific
I wouldn’t say that I’m big into musicals but I recently went to see South Pacific with my mom. The story line was just too relavent to this blog to ignore. So … Continue reading
Yelling, Waiting and Silence
Dear Reader, Please don’t read into my prolonged absence from the blog as anything but being incredibly busy, having started a new job. I am not angry with you nor … Continue reading
Letter Full of Bawling Out
Dearest, Finally a letter reached me. Before I tell you anything else, I wish to ask your confidence and let me know what’s going on. Of all the crazy things … Continue reading
Cawffee Tawlk
A nice little article/tv clip about chronicling New York accents (Thanks Maher!): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11132537 I studied Oral History, in part, because I missed hearing my grandpa’s accent (not a NY one) … Continue reading
Food for thought
I’m struggling to write this post because I’m not letting myself write about what I really want to explore, the fight that is building between my grandparents in these letters … Continue reading
My fat daddy
This is the entirety of the letter that Sylvia wrote to Alex in August of 1945 (the first page was featured here). Since this is such a long letter I … Continue reading
