tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post2964934064635536828..comments2023-04-06T04:49:24.595-05:00Comments on Dot: WelcomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-39161191166481165802012-04-16T23:02:16.045-05:002012-04-16T23:02:16.045-05:00I hope I live to see the day when the Chicago Cubs...I hope I live to see the day when the Chicago Cubs will play in a World Series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-87659088107238904242010-07-25T18:57:24.227-05:002010-07-25T18:57:24.227-05:00Hi, My name is Howard Brinker. I googled my name &...Hi, My name is Howard Brinker. I googled my name & saw it come up in your mom's diary from Sept. 8, 1945. The entry said that Sis went on a date with Howard Brinker. I'll bet that was my dad. He grew up in the same area at that time. He ended up marrying a girl (my Mom, Rita Mary McManus) from 55th & Sangamon. What a small world and what a wonderful site. Thank You.Howard Brinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-54491913994468186292010-06-18T02:31:49.168-05:002010-06-18T02:31:49.168-05:00This is a wonderful site. Thank you so much for sh...This is a wonderful site. Thank you so much for sharing with us. A++ work. A great part of history.diet guruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350795623478407590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-53740145257090913262010-02-19T20:25:51.474-06:002010-02-19T20:25:51.474-06:00What a wonderful, work of love you have done to ke...What a wonderful, work of love you have done to keep your mother's memory alive. I became engrossed in the diary, and could not stop reading. The commentaries, photos, and historical references woven into the diary made me evaluate my own life in a different way. Thank you.goldynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-88561231326256741572009-02-24T01:04:00.000-06:002009-02-24T01:04:00.000-06:00^^ wow i really like ur web and blog about ur mom'...^^ wow i really like ur web and blog about ur mom's diary ^_^Paulinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17581324668003745301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-38963042522051926472008-05-28T22:07:00.000-05:002008-05-28T22:07:00.000-05:00Please keep your mothers diary going.alater pictur...Please keep your mothers diary going.alater picture of dot would be nice.Im sorry she died so young but she lives on.Im carol from ontario canada.My mothers name is dorothy too and i was born in 1945.did she marry the navy fellow.My e mail is boobiecf@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-29258152830021273522008-04-05T02:13:00.000-05:002008-04-05T02:13:00.000-05:00Dear Dave:Just wanted to let you know how much I e...Dear Dave:Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading your Mom's Diary. I have spent 2 days reading and going with you through the sites you took us through, was wonderful to go to the same places as Dot. I lived 1/2 block from your Mom's at 60st Place & Normal, 505 W.60th Pl. From the time I was 3 yrs old, went to Lewis-Champlain School, then Englewood High, though your Mom was 9 yrs older than me I still went to the same places~drug store across from her home~same Library Kelly Branch and shopping the same stores. Dad was in the service and Mom worked at the Sears during some of those years and a store by the drug store next to the meat market~Oh, those were the Days. And 63rd and Halsted was the Greatest, some much to do and see. Your Mom sure loved her movies as we did, but I don't think we went that much. Please keep up the work on her Diary and I hope I can read more about her, I have grown to love her in the last 2 days.<BR/>Pleasure to read all you had to say, was so happy she left the diaries to be found and put to good use, we all have been very happy to go with you down Memory-Lane.<BR/>Thanks so much for your gift~~Patpatties50https://www.blogger.com/profile/11781487069083796007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-88312034848166568192007-12-29T11:30:00.000-06:002007-12-29T11:30:00.000-06:00Oh my...I just realized that Dot's diary is ending...Oh my...I just realized that Dot's diary is ending.....it has become a daily check in for me since the late winter. I love reading the headlines and keeping up with the old movies, some of which I remember on TV in the late 50's and early 60s'. I know it has been a lot of work, but would love to read the rest of the story..so if you need encouragement - Dot's fan club would love it. Thanks for staying with this labor of love no matter what you decide. <BR/><BR/>Joan CallahanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-45782017039399008602007-07-17T23:18:00.000-05:002007-07-17T23:18:00.000-05:00Amy - thank you for your message. I'm happy to hav...Amy - thank you for your message. I'm happy to have you along for the journey.<BR/><BR/>I haven't decided yet about continuing with my mother's 1946 diary. She didn't complete the year -- her last entry is in October '46 -- and the dates don't match with 2008, but I might just do it anyway. Thanks for the encouraging words. I'll decide later this year.<BR/><BR/>Dot's dad (Louis) was a bus driver, and her mom (Pauline) worked also -- I believe at Firecraft-a maker of fireproof doors. They were not wealthy by any means, but they were very generous to their kids. And, later, to the grandkids. Louis would always give us a half-dollar every time he saw us. Which was nothing to sneeze at back in the 1950s...!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713523703361611843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-15134095078942167242007-07-16T17:18:00.000-05:002007-07-16T17:18:00.000-05:00I never would have guessed when I stumbled upon Do...I never would have guessed when I stumbled upon Dorthoy's Diary what a real treasure it would turn out to be. It took me 2 days but I have gotten all caught up in Dot's life and look forward to being with her everyday for the rest of the year. I hope that you decide to keep it going after year end (I think I remember that there was more than one diary). I would love to know a little family background about Dot and her family (what did her father do for a living for example - the girls seem to have plenty of money for movies and eating out). Your mother was a lucky women to have a son that would share this huge testament to her life!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607125496800051214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-40132112266174076852007-04-07T14:12:00.000-05:002007-04-07T14:12:00.000-05:00Joan: thank you very much for the kind words and y...Joan: thank you very much for the kind words and your readership. Happy to have you aboard for the journey...!<BR/><BR/>-DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713523703361611843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-52188336083129605882007-04-03T19:43:00.000-05:002007-04-03T19:43:00.000-05:00Dear Dave, My niece at Ohio State sent this her mo...Dear Dave, <BR/>My niece at Ohio State sent this her mom, my sister in Bay Village OH and then she sent it to me in Chicago (north side)...I have already passed it on to teachers at the school where I work...It is a lovely commemoration of your family and the times. I look forward to spending the year with Dot. I also have a dear friend named Dot! Thanks for this labor of love.<BR/><BR/>Joan CallahanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38534501.post-75841679455395484502007-01-08T11:14:00.000-06:002007-01-08T11:14:00.000-06:00Congratulations, Dave, on this intriguing and well...Congratulations, Dave, on this intriguing and well-executed labor of love. It's a great way to get to know Dot, re-live history, and understand the experience of the teenage girl (and the common bonds teenage girls everywhere must share). I've been reading a week, and already feel like I'm getting to know Dot...We would have had a lot of fun together. This is really quite fabulous.Gloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096877243794843617noreply@blogger.com