David Griner twitters the line-a-day diary written by his great-aunt, Genny Spencer, from 1937 to 1941:

Late last year, my family found a line-a-day diary maintained by my great-aunt from 1937 to 1941. She was in her early teens, living on a small farm in rural Illinois with her two brothers, one of which was my grandfather.

It's a fascinating account of life in a bygone era, a time when my family's only connections to the world were schoolhouse chatter and a neighbor's radio.

Looking at the terse journal, my sister quipped, "This is the Twitter of the 1930s."

Twitter account of Genny Spencer - Link
A daily diary of Depression-era life, told on Twitter: The Social Path - Link