July 29, 1938 She is lonely. Everyone is talking about the fire, but she doesn't have anyone to talk to. She imagines that if she was working in office, say, she could participate in all the tidbits, get to know the inside story— if there is one. She did have a brief conversation with her new …
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Aftermath
July 28, 1938 They are both still in shock. J. was also down on the tracks watching with the crowd, although they didn’t see each other. She had nightmares. J. reads aloud "Pier ‘D’ Smoking Ruin After Devastating Fire. Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited famous Pier D, an adjacent freight …
Don’t Whisper
July 25, 1938 She reads Alicia Hart's column. "Poise, Meaning Good Voice and Calm Manner, Important to Job-Hunters" is the headline. She looks in the mirror and starts practicing her posture, breathing and how loudly she is speaking. She takes "three good deep breaths, exhales as vigorously …
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 …
A Kodak Special Six-16
May 31, 1938 She saw an ad in the newspaper at the dentist's office. For a Kodak camera. A Special Six-16 with the Kodak Anastigmat special 4.5 lens and Kodamatic shutter. $40.00 She doesn't know what the heck these means, but lusts after them nonethless. She's got the bug, looking at A.'s …