June 18, 1938 On Saturdays she reads The Globe and Mail. It's last week's edition, but it doesn't matter. She sees an ad under "Business Opportunities" - for a photography studio. In Ontario. So far away. She is tempted to ask her aunt for a loan and just go. She imagines setting …
Diary
Bliss
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The Photography Lesson Day Arrives
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 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 …