April 25, 1945: A Day in Three Acts Sun shone a little was chilly wind in southeast and south, to northeast then north changed to southwest back to northwest a few sprinkles of rain but not much Listened to San Francisco Peace Conference Opening 6:30 p.m. our time time out there was 4:30 p.m. 46 …
April 24, 1943: WWII Rationing enough points to buy hamburger we got ice cream but only a quart See also Take a Closer Look at Ration Books (from The National WWII Museum) Rationing in WWII (from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries) Rationing in World War Two in Britain (from the BBC)
April 23, 1957: Will lost P.A. Will lost P.A. looked in our car but no find on way home I looked in glove compartment a can not opened was he happy
The delightful image that accompanies today’s poem is a painting titled “Hen in a Bucket” (via CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) by Ann Blair, who writes on her Flickr page, “I enjoyed painting this old hen in her rusty old bucket. I painted her in oils, on my mother’s old biscuit board.” April 22, 1933: 50 cents and one …
Because I will be traveling for the next couple of days, I am including several five-line poems here from Hattie’s entries for April 18 – April 21 and will resume daily poems on April 22 through the end of the month. Have a wonder-filled and peaceful weekend, everyone! April 18, 1921: Busy Getting water twice …