June 9, 1938 She wakes up at 5am. Before the crows even begin squawking. The forecast is sunny with a high of 68. She already packed a lunch the night before, and prepared a notebook with 2 sharpened pencils. J. thinks she is visiting her aunt V. in New Westminster for the day, so she also has a …
Reading
June 8, 1938 She's late. Dinner will be late. She spent the afternoon in the library, trying to read as much as she could about photography. Ansel Adams, and a woman photographer (Dorothy?) f-stops and exposure and other terms and names are all jumbled in her head. It doesn't quite feel like …
A Movie
June 7, 1938Tuesday night, after supper. "International Crime, 1938 - it's based on The Shadow radio show - the one with Orson Welles." She reads aloud to J. an old review from the New York Times from May. "Discounting the international aspects of "International Crime" and the …
A Bookmark
June 6, 1938 She is still reading the short story. It's delicious. It's also scary, she is loving it. But her eyelids keep on closing despite her interest. She reaches for a bookmark and finds one in her bedside table. It's an advertisement she clipped out from last June. 1937. She's not sure …
The Professor
June 5, 1938 — Elsewherearrives in Paris, en route to London. June 5, 1938. Via the Orient Express. He is fleeing persecution by the Nazis in his homeland of Austria. They won't learn this till tomorrow's news edition. …