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, January 24, 2017

April 17 - 20, 1962



Tuesday, April 17, 1962

Cold cold. Dolores called in a.m. I finished up the cleaning upstairs. It looks very nice. I began working upstairs March 21. In PM I roasted pork, made a blueberry pie. After supper Billie and I went down to see Horace Flint at the funeral parlor. Aunt Ava called in PM. In evening Fern came up, stayed til Lloyd called for her at midnight.



Wednesday, April 18, 1962

No letter from Bet and Mike. I don’t see what the trouble can be. I didn’t do much today. I churned, done up the regular work. Mama stayed in bed today. Tonight Bill and Billie raked rest of front lawn. Began on it before the storm last weekend. Bill sowed down the pasture tonight. Sowed grass seed.



Thursday, April 19, 1962

Been very busy. A nice warm day. I done up the work. Washed floors, windows, swept and dusted, clean cupboards, and made donuts and a cake, got supper. In evening I went over to June’s, got my rinse. LETTER from BETTY and MIKE. Billie and I stopped at Ferns. Came home, shampooed my hair, took a bath.



Friday, April 20, 1962
                                                                                                                                                                       
A very nice day. I didn’t do much today. Milan took me to town to get my groceries. Milan’s folks came about midnight last night. In evening Bill and I to town. Betty and Norma went too. Betty brought a nice box of chocolates. In evening we watched TV.

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