9- 1965 May : Mother’s Day, 4-H, Puppy Eyes, Revivals, & Math Challenges!

8- 1965 April: Easter, Science Fair, Color TV, Report Cards, & New Puppies

I find many reminders of rebirth and renewal in these diary writings from the last two weeks of April. Please, enjoy these writings of a 12 year old girl who explores other rites of springtime in rural…

7- 1965 April: Hospitals, Baby Squirrels, Study Sessions, Family Stress

1- 1966 Jan: School Bus Sagas, Arsonist Strikes Again, Wizard of Oz, & Braces!

24- 1965 Dec: Christmas Holidays, First Color TV, a CAR-TV, Good-bye Peppy

23- 1965 Dec: Post Office Fire, Encyclopedias for Sale, Star Gazing, Church Play, Christmas Parties

2- 1966 Jan: Bone-Chilling Cold, Claire de Lune, HS Homecoming, Report Cards, My Fair Lady, Everybody’s sick!

17- 1965, Sept: Typing, Hurricane Betsy, Sibling Discord, Sound of Music, & Another Baby

22- 1965 Nov: Bridge Club, First ‘Boyfriend,” and a Florida Thanksgiving

1- 1965 January Part I, Family and Friends

I am beginning a New Year of continued writing based on diaries I kept as a young girl growing up in Southwest Georgia. The small town drama of Junior High School roared into full gear.