Two Noras: January 3, 1919 and January 3, 2025

Nora Bauer: Friday, January 3, 1919

20 below zero this morning and not much warmer all day. Gertrude got lots of mail from France today but nothing for me yet. Bertha & Loretta were over tonight and everybody was crocheting. Gertrude finished my tam. 

Nora Spitznogle: Friday, January 3, 2025

I worked from home for a few hours this morning before my dentist appointment. It was a calm afternoon at work - I enjoyed the lack of meetings this week. I was a total this evening. Early to bed. 

Brrr! What a cold day in Logansport that was. If only we could see Grandma Nora in the tam! 

Bertha and Loretta Bauer are sisters and cousins of Nora and a few years younger. 

I wonder who Gertrude was getting mail from in France? Presumably it was from a soldier fighting in the Great War (now known as WWI). Nora's beau, Paul, was also overseas as a Army soldier - I'm still researching where he was - I'm sure she was sad to not receive any mail from him. 

My day was uneventful, even the dentist visit, thankfully. Last year I had three root canals and had a crown made - I paid off the last $1000 of all of that today. 

I was incredibly lazy this evening. I sorted through the last few days of mail and paid utility bills online and updated my new health insurance in all of the appropriate places - with my doctor's office, etc.