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!

Saturday, December 20, 2014

March 15 - 21, 1947



Saturday, March 15, 1947

Nice day. Papa’s birthday. Dorothea took a cake up, some rolls and butter I made.



Sunday, March 16, 1947

Bill worked most all day at Lloyd’s. Cold. Kennard and Dolores up. Bought some butter.



Monday, March 17, 1947

Cold and cloudy. We washed. Bill worked up in the woods with Hayd. Earned $13.



Tuesday, March 18, 1947

Very cold. I ironed. Snow didn’t go much today.



Wednesday, March 19, 1947

Real cold. Bill worked today for Jim hauling shavings. Bob and Blanche called. Dorothea stayed down for Brownies.



Thursday, March 20, 1947

Cold. Bob and Bill killed the pig. We churned. Papa down in p.m.



Friday, March 21, 1947

A little warmer. We washed. Les Thomes crew finished hauling logs up on the J. K. lot. Still quite a lot of snow.


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