Follow/Fav The Evelyn Blake Diaries
By: Evelyn Blake
Being the intimate diary of Emily's hated high school rival, Evelyn Blake, who may have been seriously misunderstood— or not.
Rated: Fiction T - English - Chapters: 92 - Words: 101,888 - Reviews: 109 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 7 - Updated: 2/4/2013 - Published: 7/1/2009 - Status: Complete - id: 5182744
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< Prev 1. September 1, 1902: A New Diary 2. September 5, 1902: Utterly as Expected 3. September 6, 1902: Mrs Henry Blake, etc 4. September 8, 1902: Parnassus 5. September 12, 1902: A New Acquaintance 6. September 15, 1902: Tom's Birthday 7. September 15, 1902: Opportunities Abound 8. September 23, 1902: Autumn Leaves 9. September 24, 1902: Passions 10. September 29, 1902: A High North Wind 11. October 13, 1902: A School Concert 12. October 31, 1902: Autumn and the Quill 13. November 4, 1902: Quotation Monday 14. November 6, 1902: Dances With Kents 15. November 7, 1902: Disillusionment 16. December 5, 1902: A Nighttime Ride 17. December 15, 1902: Nothing Happened 18. December 17, 1902: Follies 19. December 21, 1902: Minor Mercies 20. January 2, 1903: Two Romances 21. January 18, 1903: Mad, Bad and Dangerous 22. January 24, 1903: Ennui and Aunt Iz 23. March 7, 1903: Of Owls and Suitors 24. March 15, 1903: Gardens Enclosed 25. April 5, 1903: April Frosts 26. April 7, 1903: Regarding Herring Barrels 27. April 18, 1903: Four Days 28. May 5, 1903: Some Flowers 29. May 8, 1903: Earth, Fog, Marsh 30. May 12, 1903: Divisions 31. June 10, 1903: For the Record 32. July 2, 1903: Half Orphan 33. July 11, 1903: Poor Almira 34. July 22, 1903: Mammon 35. August 1, 1903: Infidelities 36. August 4, 1903: An Inconvenient Flash 37. August 8, 1903: A Dinner Dance 38. August 22, 1903: A Brilliant Plan 39. September 19, 1903: Of Use 40. September 23, 1903: Dearest Despicable 41. November 8, 1903: Missteps 42. November 9, 1903: A Glorious Evening 43. November 14, 1903: Sleigh Ride Cancelled 44. December 6, 1903: A Brief Excursion 45. December 7, 1903: Bad News 46. December Potpourri 47. January 2, 1904: Holiday Digest 48. Three from January 49. January 30, 1904: Beaux Arts 50. February 4, 1904: Cross Fingers 51. February 7, 1904: As Ithers See Us 52. February 10, 1904: Childhood Library 53. February 14, 1904: Valentines 54. February 1415, 1904: Ultraviolet 55. February 15, 1904: Joy By Morning 56. February 18, 1904: Happy Birthday 57. March 6, 1904: Perspective 58. March 11, 1904: Family Time 59. March 21, 1904: A Poor Excuse 60. April 30, 1904: Tongueless Gossip 61. June 15, 1904: Gibberish 62. June 28, 1904: Don't Worry 63. June 28, 1904: Present and Future 64. July 11, 1904: Kitten 65. July, 1904: A Plain Record 66. July 20, 1904: A Little Adventure 67. July 25, 1904: Unfinished Business 68. August 13: A Great Game 69. August 28, 1904: Immortal Longings 70. September 5, 1904: The Albatross 71. September 8, 1904: Feast of Blood 72. September 10, 1904: Sickbed Soliloquy 73. September 14, 1904: Duly Noted 74. September 22, 1904: The Skull and Owl 75. October 7, 1904: Bright Star 76. October 8, 1904: Unspoiled 77. October 12, 1904: Doll Parts 78. October 23, 1904: Fall Sudden 79. November 25, 1904: Waving, Drowning 80. December 4, 1904: We Have A Winner 81. December 12, 1904: Can Lit 82. December 14, 1904: All That Glitters 83. February 12, 1905: The Days Like Weeds 84. Feb 24, 1905: Universally Acknowledged 85. Feb 25, 1905: A Festive Storm 86. Feb 27, 1905: Foolish Ilse 87. Feb 27, 1905: Foolish Ev 88. March 11, 1905: Character Sketch 89. April 14, 1905: Spring For Now 90. April 22, 1905: Devilish Things 91. July 5, 1905: True Story 92. July 12, 1905: The Ships at Sea
Wednesday, July 12, 1905
The rain is raining all around
It falls on field and tree
It falls on our umbrellas here
And on the ships at sea.
I remember Miss Luella Shaw, my first-ever schoolteacher, making the first form learn that little poem by heart, lo these many years ago. The very next day it rained—a grey Sunday with the red leaves half gone—and I could see the ships at sea, out there beyond the horizon, with our rain falling on them. I remember myself thinking the words, "From that day on I wanted to be a poet."
The words weren't true exactly but I felt sure I was going to write them sooner or later just the same. And you can see now that I have.
Then Miss Luella Shaw married a millionaire—or so the story went; probably he was only an American, but to us, all Americans were millionaires, leastways all the big red-faced ones—and boarded a train for the mythic land of California. She read us a poem about the West before she left, but I didn't love it as well as the rain poem.
That was the first poem I loved, though I had read other better poems before then without noticing. It was the first one I could see. I thought of it today as the rain fell on my lovely new grey umbrella and my neat grey suit. It fell all day as Aunt Iz and I rode the train in to Charlottetown, and it fell on the ferry and the waters it cut through, on the ships seen and unseen, on the chattering Americans in their furs and the fishermen slick and clamorous as seals.
< Prev 1. September 1, 1902: A New Diary 2. September 5, 1902: Utterly as Expected 3. September 6, 1902: Mrs Henry Blake, etc 4. September 8, 1902: Parnassus 5. September 12, 1902: A New Acquaintance 6. September 15, 1902: Tom's Birthday 7. September 15, 1902: Opportunities Abound 8. September 23, 1902: Autumn Leaves 9. September 24, 1902: Passions 10. September 29, 1902: A High North Wind 11. October 13, 1902: A School Concert 12. October 31, 1902: Autumn and the Quill 13. November 4, 1902: Quotation Monday 14. November 6, 1902: Dances With Kents 15. November 7, 1902: Disillusionment 16. December 5, 1902: A Nighttime Ride 17. December 15, 1902: Nothing Happened 18. December 17, 1902: Follies 19. December 21, 1902: Minor Mercies 20. January 2, 1903: Two Romances 21. January 18, 1903: Mad, Bad and Dangerous 22. January 24, 1903: Ennui and Aunt Iz 23. March 7, 1903: Of Owls and Suitors 24. March 15, 1903: Gardens Enclosed 25. April 5, 1903: April Frosts 26. April 7, 1903: Regarding Herring Barrels 27. April 18, 1903: Four Days 28. May 5, 1903: Some Flowers 29. May 8, 1903: Earth, Fog, Marsh 30. May 12, 1903: Divisions 31. June 10, 1903: For the Record 32. July 2, 1903: Half Orphan 33. July 11, 1903: Poor Almira 34. July 22, 1903: Mammon 35. August 1, 1903: Infidelities 36. August 4, 1903: An Inconvenient Flash 37. August 8, 1903: A Dinner Dance 38. August 22, 1903: A Brilliant Plan 39. September 19, 1903: Of Use 40. September 23, 1903: Dearest Despicable 41. November 8, 1903: Missteps 42. November 9, 1903: A Glorious Evening 43. November 14, 1903: Sleigh Ride Cancelled 44. December 6, 1903: A Brief Excursion 45. December 7, 1903: Bad News 46. December Potpourri 47. January 2, 1904: Holiday Digest 48. Three from January 49. January 30, 1904: Beaux Arts 50. February 4, 1904: Cross Fingers 51. February 7, 1904: As Ithers See Us 52. February 10, 1904: Childhood Library 53. February 14, 1904: Valentines 54. February 1415, 1904: Ultraviolet 55. February 15, 1904: Joy By Morning 56. February 18, 1904: Happy Birthday 57. March 6, 1904: Perspective 58. March 11, 1904: Family Time 59. March 21, 1904: A Poor Excuse 60. April 30, 1904: Tongueless Gossip 61. June 15, 1904: Gibberish 62. June 28, 1904: Don't Worry 63. June 28, 1904: Present and Future 64. July 11, 1904: Kitten 65. July, 1904: A Plain Record 66. July 20, 1904: A Little Adventure 67. July 25, 1904: Unfinished Business 68. August 13: A Great Game 69. August 28, 1904: Immortal Longings 70. September 5, 1904: The Albatross 71. September 8, 1904: Feast of Blood 72. September 10, 1904: Sickbed Soliloquy 73. September 14, 1904: Duly Noted 74. September 22, 1904: The Skull and Owl 75. October 7, 1904: Bright Star 76. October 8, 1904: Unspoiled 77. October 12, 1904: Doll Parts 78. October 23, 1904: Fall Sudden 79. November 25, 1904: Waving, Drowning 80. December 4, 1904: We Have A Winner 81. December 12, 1904: Can Lit 82. December 14, 1904: All That Glitters 83. February 12, 1905: The Days Like Weeds 84. Feb 24, 1905: Universally Acknowledged 85. Feb 25, 1905: A Festive Storm 86. Feb 27, 1905: Foolish Ilse 87. Feb 27, 1905: Foolish Ev 88. March 11, 1905: Character Sketch 89. April 14, 1905: Spring For Now 90. April 22, 1905: Devilish Things 91. July 5, 1905: True Story 92. July 12, 1905: The Ships at Sea
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