I recently found a box of my many diaries, and the year 1972 stood out to me. I was 14 years old and living in Managua, Nicaragua. The diary entries recount my life and experiences at that time. I hope you will enjoy them. Comments are welcome!

This week's post is about Italian night at the marine house, flirting with a marine, and reading Diary of a Young Girl.

This week's post is about eating at Los Ranchos, getting another wisdom tooth extracted, and David stealing a tapón (a bicycle tire plug).

This week's post is about A.N.S.'s Kermess, pushing the Eskimo cart, and going to a boring dance.

This post is about memorizing another Spanish poem, getting another wisdom tooth pulled, and David playing football.

In this post, we try a fast-food place for the first time, wear shorts to school, and my brother accidentally drops his house keys in the toilet.

This week's post is about my first up-close and personal encounter with a baby shark, unkind comments on my front tooth, and celebrating my parents' anniversary.

This week's post covers a lightly attended school week, our dog Penney terrorizing a neighbor's house, and skipping my dreaded math class!

This week's post is about the "heebie-jeebies scared out of us with a crazy prank, David's Boy Scout trip to Pochomil, and my double-layered cake.

This week's post covers a wisdom tooth extraction, a search for Count Dracula, and David getting into a fight.

This week's post is about a minibike mishap, a Boy Scout Chili dinner, and Dr. Bisbee, our new bus monitor. I hope you will enjoy it, and comments are always appreciated. BYE!!!

This week's post is about moving on from gymnastics to dancing in gym class, arguments with fellow students, and missing my curfew. Have a fun week! BYE!!!

This week's post is about more Boy Scout shenanigans, reciting a Spanish poem with unpleasant interruptions, and learning to drive a minibike.

This week's post is about our school director leaving, riding on a minibike, and pranks at a Boy Scout camp weekend.

This week's post is about getting hit on the head with a rock, neighborhood kids escorting me to Dr. Caldera's house, and taking an F in my dreaded gym class.

Today's post is about taking a nap during recess on some mats, leaves tickling my ears, and more frightening tremors. BYE!!!

This week's post is about dissecting an iguana, working the fresco stand, and bad luck striking me three times in one day!

This week's post is about attending a party with awkward games, dying my eyelashes, and getting a typhoid shot.

This week's post is about getting in trouble by waving, David shouting at a motorcyclist who was interested in me, and a pen fight.

Today's post is about Dad traveling to Guatemala, hanging up a Pan Am poster, and walking our boxer Penny, who escapes and causes quite an uproar.