December 12, 1964
Tonight I went to T’s house to babysit. My Gosh! They had “Fanny Hill” and “Mary Poppins” on the same shelf!! I watched “War and Peace”. It was long and sad, but good. I like the Os better they pay me 50 cents to $1.50 extra. The Bs are generous up to 50 cents but the Ts pay exactly 50 cents per hour. I still got $2.50. Dad got me that package, not Bob. Bob got me what is obviously a record. Beatles - I hope.
December 12, 2022
It is amazing how many nice suburban homes had racy literature. Of course, this was after the legal rulings that even pornography was protected speech. Just in time for the Baby Boom’s coming of age! Most of my regular clients had copies of Fanny Hill and Lady Chatterly’s Lover. The town library didn’t have a copy of Peyton Place or a subscription to Playboy, but plenty of my customers did.
I ought to admit that I went through a brief period of Christmas snoop, nosing around in closets and even carefully unwrapping and re-wrapping presents because of my insatiable curiosity. By the age of fifteen, I was better able to control myself. Vigorous shaking was ok, and straining to read through the wrapping paper, but no more.