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!

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

June 19 - 21, 1994

 

Sunday, June 19, 1994 written by Dorothea

 Cooler

 

Nice breeze today.  David did chores and in for coffee, also Walt. Brogan up, had breakfast, and biked home to get ready for Sunday School. Betty and family and Betty M up to camp today for dinner to celebrate Walter’s Father’s Day.

 


 

 

Monday, June 20, 1994

 

Nice sunny day. The nurses were here. Dorothea was here to work this forenoon for  her morning shift. Esther came and baked the rest of her cookies. Her leg is much better. I hope I keep getting stronger too. The Bettys all have gone to Norway and Dorothea too to do some shopping.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 21, 1994

 

It was cloudy today and much cooler. I went to bed earlier today, had a good rest. Cameron was so good all the time his mother was gone. Carmen went to Norway to change some clothes at the Fashion Bug. It makes me crazy to see what I lost in this diary. I didn’t do any writing in it had during my sickness this summer. What a changed summer this is. TODAY was the last day of school for Brogan. She is now a second grader. She is a very happy girl. Very proud of her. She is smart and so is her brother.

 

 

 


 

 

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