Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Jan. 10, 1914 [January 10, 1914] Wea. [Weather]
Fair.
Partly sunny, largely cloudy; cooler
with northerly wind.
  Our place well-nigh birdless. I saw
only a Chickadee at the suet by my
study window & a Crow flying past.
House Sparrows continue absent &
Gray Squirrels in their dens - this 
being the season of their brief & 
incomplete hibernation. They will soon
be out again in full force and
livelier than at almost any other
season - despite cold & snow.
  Thus far this winter has differed
from last not so much in average 
temperature as by being much less
sunny and hence less pleasant. Both
have been equally free from strong winds
  Working all day on Golden Eagle
story, writing 4 pp. [pages]. Most of this matter
was readapted from passages in
journal or note book & not largely
recomposed. C. [Caroline Brewster] & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud after
dinner in hall.
 
Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Jan. 11, 1914 [January 11, 1914] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cold with high N.W. [northwest] wind.
Ground hard frozen. Sidewalks dry
& clear of ice & snow.
  2 Chickadees seen and a Jay
heard in the Garden.
  After spending an hour in Museum
I walked down street to join
C. [Caroline Brewster] at St. Johns at 10.20.
Mr. Gookin, a new recruit at the
Seminary preached a sermon that
began uncommonly well but ended
rather lamely. The walk back in the
teeth of the raging wind was not
altogether pleasant.
  We had at dinner Mrs. Wyman,
Miss Jennie Chapman & Sally Dearborn.
I went to Museum at 3.45 to
write letters until 6. The usual
reading from Trollope by the hall fire
after supper.
  "Sun", the Chow puppy, as winning as ever
& beloved by everyone, is growing fast. 