Category Archives: My Teen Diaries

The Lazy Days of Summer ~ Circa 1969

July 2, 1969
Dear Diary,
I have been konking out every time I hit the pillow and as you read on you will find out why!
JoAnn came over around quarter after 12:00 and we took off for Medway Park with two tennis rackets, tennis balls, food, and Pepsi. We walked home singing Christmas carols! I ate my [...]

It Does a ‘Memory’ Good

I uncovered three of my old diaries when I took those old ‘memory’ boxes down from the attic. Here is my entry for today…forty years ago. My age??????? Okay. Okay. I was fourteen when I wrote this:

June 24, 1969
Dear Diary,
This morning Ma, I and Deb went uptown and got a pattern.
Joann and I walked to [...]