| Summary: | The twenty five volumes in this series differ in composition between two diary formats: the first format is that of an unbroken narrative of events in the life of the author, Howard Leopold Morry, or of the history of the community in which he was born and raised, Ferryland, Newfoundland; the second format is that of a conventional daily diary reporting on events of the day, including the weather and sea conditions, the ups and downs in the fishery, births, marriages and deaths of family, friends and neighbours, and newsworthy events at the local, national and international level. None of the 25 volumes are actually all of one format or the other. They all contain a larger or smaller component of each form of diary. The current volume is, for the most part, an example of the daily diary type. There are only a few short anecdotes in this diary. But there are frequent comparisons made to life and conditions in the old days versus the current times. In this twenty-first volume, the diary transcribed covers a very brief period between March 1, 1959 and November 26, 1959. The diary was written in the same type of school “scribbler” used for many of the previous diaries, but only about half of the pages were filled. This is because Howard broke short his diary writing at the end of November 1959 to embark on another lengthy series of visits with his children and their families on the mainland and in the USA. During such trips, Howard did not keep a daily diary unfortunately, so the events that took place in each location remain a mystery. At this time in his life, Howard found himself feeling his age, which is not surprising considering he turned 74 during the writing of this diary. He was no longer in charge of the Morry fish business in Ferryland. That phase of his life had all but ended in 1954 when he ceased outfitting his own trap crew. Interestingly, though he had given up setting his salmon net two years previous to the writing of this diary, when the twine in the old net became too worn out to repair, in 1959 ...
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