AHH! I think I’ve found where Grandma Rose gets some of her Thought for the Day quotes! I was perusing the newspaper today looking for a picture relating to the parade she mentions this week but at the bottom of
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 32
I’m not sure if this was taken on August 7, 1977, but isn’t it odd that I have a bouquet and she mentions giving me one and taking pictures too? I do remember being in her flowers with her and
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 31
Since Grandma Rose mentions pumpkin blossoms at the end of this week, I thought it was a good time to break out the St. Paul cookbook from 1994 that I purchased a few years ago on Ebay for cheap that
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 30
Most weeks, I can parse out what Grandma Rose has written. After a while of doing transcription, you get a “feel” for the person’s handwriting and it gets easier when you read it week after week but there are some
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 29
As I’m writing this, it’s July 16th and currently 93° at my house here in New York, just as it was in 1977 at Grandma Rose’s. This week’s forecast here looks almost identical to hers in 1977. I had to