Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Jan. 4, 1919 [January 4, 1919] Wea [Weather]
26 [degrees] Fine
  Clear, calm frosty but not chilly.
The rain of yesterday turned
overnight to snow which now covers
everything with a robe of spotless white
to no more than the depth of an
inch or two, however. The newspapers
predicted an intensely cold wave
closely following the storm but it
has not materialized as yet.
  Garden birds: 2 Chickadees coming to
suet by my study window; 7 Starlings
eating Parkman apples; 3 Pine
Grosbeaks perched in top of tall tree
in Jungle, calling; Hairy Woodpecker,
heard.
  Spent day in Museum engaged
in routine work mostly writing
letters & cheques for bills. Even
this has come to be almost beyond
my power, because of incessant
giddiness & eye strain. Harry Spelman
brought down his small daughter to see
the birds in mid P.M.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Jan. 5,1919 [January 5, 1919] Wea [Weather]
20 [degrees] Fine
  Clear, calm & frosty. A brilliant
mid-winter day. Excellent
sleighing with a good many
horse-drawn sleds out to take
advantage of it.
  Garden birds. 8 Starlings in Parkman
apple tree, 10 House Sparrows in
clothes yard.
  Spent entire day in house &
Museum. Writing a little &
napping a good deal.
  Dr. Stevens called in late P.M.
staying half an hour or more
He attributes my present weak
& mortifyingly ineffective state
of mind & body chiefly to nervous
strain. This, he says, may best
be counteracted by complete rest
& careful attention to diet etc.
  Miss Allyn dined with 
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & me at 1.30 & departed
at 3.30 P.M.