Ann Fonsweer's diary, page titles

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 Ann Fonsweer gave every diary page a title. We don't know if this title was added before she wrote the entry or after. For example on the 11th of August 1935 she used the title "Closing Time"


Here are all the dates and titles of that Summer diary, for the academics among you:


Wednesday 3rd July 1935   Where is my money?
Thursday 4th July 1935   Cambridge, Long Lost Love as a Ghost.
Friday 5th July 1935   Teaching Latin?
Saturday 6th July 1935   Boy fishing.
Sunday 7th July 1935   Thief
Monday 8th July 1935   Anglia
Tuesday 9th July 1935   My Cheque Appears, My Key Disappears
Wednesday 10th July 1935   The First Lesson
Thursday 11th July 1935   Gardening.
Friday 12th July 1935   Things unfold, perceptions change.
Saturday 13th July 1935   Smoother, Deeper
Sunday 14th July 1935   “Corrupter.”
Monday 15th July 1935   Keep Your Powder Dry.
Tuesday 16th July 1935   Irritation.
Wednesday 17th July 1935   Are the Best Things In Life Passing You By?
Thursday 18th July 1935   A little less each month.
Friday 19th July 1935   I draw.
Saturday 20th July 1935   Money.
Sunday 21st July 1935   Pushed out of the way.
Monday 22nd July 1935   Another lesson.
Tuesday 23rd July 1935   Doycroft Daft House.
Wednesday 24th July 1935   He who hesitates is lost.
Thursday 25th July 1935   Making an appointment.
Friday 26th July 1935   Feeling frustrated for a few seconds.
Saturday 27th July 1935   A wink or a sneer?
Sunday 28th July 1935   Dark Horse
Monday 29th July 1935   Art as a Sign of Madness?
Tuesday 30th July 1935   Sick on their doorstep.
Wednesday 31st July 1935   Teaching Latin again.
Thursday 1st August 1935   Dress like a Spinster.
Friday 2nd August 1935   A Handbag Full Of Weapons.
Saturday 3rd August 1935   In His Office.
Sunday 4th August 1935   Solemn Worried Eyes.
Monday 5th August 1935   Dream world.
Tuesday 6th August 1935   Counterattack.
Wednesday 7th August 1935   “It is better to enter than to be entered.”
Thursday 8th August 1935   To Save a Boy
Friday 9th August 1935   Tomatoes
Saturday 10th August 1935   Hot Summer Earth
Sunday 11th August 1935   Closing Time
Monday 12th August 1935   A Perfect Ellipse
Tuesday 13th August 1935   Art as madness
Wednesday 14th August 1935   Dispirited
Thursday 15th August 1935   The Pen
Friday 16th August 1935   Slipping Sideways in Anger
Saturday 17th August 1935   Insult and Rage in the Post Office
Sunday 18th August 1935   Fields
Monday 19th August 1935   Horrifying News
Tuesday 20th August 1935   Payment
Wednesday 21st August 1935   Did He Come?
Thursday 22nd August 1935   An Ambiguous Reply
Friday 23rd August 1935   A Letter for Helen Hart
Saturday 24th August 1935   Uneventful
Sunday 25th August 1935   Uneventful.
Monday 26th August 1935   A Detective, Two Policemen and My Brother
Tuesday 27th August 1935   Saint Christopher
Wednesday 28th August 1935   Can We Marry?



A full reprint of the 1954 edition of the diary (complete with illustrations) is available here:

The Summer Dairy of a Lady Artist

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