I was really surprised this week that there was no mention of the 4th of July celebration in Ashville – gathering at Grandpa Archie’s for the parade, spending the day together eating, the kids going to the Ashville park for
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 26
I couldn’t find Grandma’s reference to Doc Hosler in the paper… I thought 50 years of practice would be noted somewhere but it wasn’t unfortunately. Not even a mention of when he retired as I thought that would be noted,
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 25
This week Grandma Rose mentions missing Lawrence Welk because of the thunderstorms they had and I thought I’d try to locate said episode online but it looks like they were in between seasons so it was likely a re-run and
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 24
As a historian, I’m always curious about things that pop up in Grandma Rose’s journal and this week she mentions an American Maid electric iron. Today irons are so cheap we just replace them if a cord goes bad –
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 22
What an utter and joyful surprise this week from Kim! I opened my mail to find one of Leonard’s roosters! I was going to save sharing this happy little surprise for later when Grandma mentions that he’s making them again