All of Ohio and Grandma Rose start to get back to normal in Weeks 5 & 6 in 1978 as warmer weather breaks through… but is it “faux spring?” We’ll have to see but for now, the warming allows her
1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Weeks 3 & 4
I’ve been very excited for these entries because it is one of the first memories I have. I was watching t.v. when the power went out and was scared because it was dark. Being 4, I don’t remember much else
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 7
Two birthdays this week for grandma and a day visit spent with her sister Ethel and husband Ralph Long. I’m very intrigued and yet, horrified, by the thought of salad dressing cake but that sounds most definitely like a 1970s
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 6
Roller coaster week for Grandma! She seems exasperated with another early round of snow but then is rewarded with days of sunshine and a trip to Circleville with Rosie complete with a mini-shopping spree when it warms up. She mentions
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 5
This week was especially fun for me to do as it was just my 50th birthday and her journal this week starts on my 3rd birthday. My mom gave my baby book to me some years ago and I was