The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

March 13 - 19, 1948



Saturday, March 13, 1948

Cold. We went to town in eve.



Sunday, March 14, 1948

We didn’t do much. I cooked. Didn’t go anywhere.



Monday, March 15, 1948

Washed. Cloudy and cold. Bill and I went over to Denmark.



Tuesday, March 16, 1948

I ironed. Nice day, a little warmer. Billie’s big cow went. He sold it to Mr. Hall of Denmark. Will Vance died.



Wednesday, March 17, 1948

Very nice warm day. Bill over to Bob’s. Mama sick this morning. Bill began to get lame again.



Thursday, March 18, 1948

Bill awful lame. Kennard up here to help Bill but didn’t do much. Bill’s folks up in p.m. and Delores.



Friday, March 19, 1948

Cloudy and cold. Gordon and Bill’s father came up to help put mud guard on. But had to take it down to get it straightened. Snowed and rained. Bill awful lame.
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