Category: Ray Romine Diaries

Sunday, November 16, 1952
Warm, foggy & bmostly cloudy. Dubbed a.m. on pomes, etc. Trella & David took off to look over land early & deliver funeral piece in Cardington. Supper at her house. I got home 8:10, since Sandra Jean will be gone next 2 nites.

Saturday, November 15, 1952
Nice yet – shirtless! To Trella’s for lunch – okay everything. Overtime today, 1 hr. At Trella’s again tonite – wrote letters, etc. – a nice time!

Friday, November 14, 1952
Warmer! Day off, but got up & cleaned bathroom, kitchen sink, worked on pomes, butterflies, butterfly boxes, etc. all day. Got letter from Johnny Gill (by Hazel Chase), butterflies from Don Eff, list from Wind. Butterfly foolin’ tonite – & letters.

Thursday, November 13, 1952
Nice warm day. Home, coated inside a bug box, bathed & to Trella’s for supper. Also Bill & kids, & with Trella’s what a bedlam. Headache, felt lousy. Left early. Looks GOOD around here.

Wednesday, November 12, 1952
Had a good day! Heavy mail, too. Sun, dinner at Trella’s, got wood, masonite, homasote at Lockwood’s, & made (started) 4 bug boxes after work (Sandra Jean at mom’s.) Supper, pomes, letter to Granther, etc. & went bed 9:35 or so.

Tuesday, November 11, 1952
We loafed (Sandra Jean ironed – & cooked!)
I dabbed house; bug (mostly); & pomes. To Trella’s eve till 10:30.

Monday, November 10, 1952
Up 5:30, full of cold. Laid off sick. Dubbed in EVERYTHING – pomes, art, butterflies, all day. Got Sandra Jean at 4 & we bought $15 worth of groceries. Butterflies, TV tonite. Gettin’ colder. Called Trella.

Sunday November 9 1952
Quiet day at home; dabbed cleaning some, pomes some, etc. To Neva’s & Jim’s tonite with “gang” taking Trella & kids – home early.

Saturday, November 8, 1952
Cold is worse, & so I felt lousy. To Trella’s for lunch. Home tonite, cleaned kitchen floor and some pomes*, read & TV’d. Bed early.

[*pomes – a colloquial variation of poems, used by Ray to refer to his hobby of writing verse.]

Friday, November 7, 1952
Rather poohed. My own fault. Trella & I, after lunch at 552, tried to scout out some land during my lunch hr. Home tonite – and cleaned – bed early.