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 31, 2017

May 15 -18, 1962



Tuesday, May 15, 1962

Cloudy, showery drizzly day. I went down to Ferns and Lloyd’s. We worked up in the attic. I found a lot of odds and ends and I brought a lot of them home. Art Ward and his girls called.



Wednesday, May 16, 1962

Cloudy all day. I worked at Fern and Lloyd’s again today. I came home with more things I dragged down, out of the shed chamber from Fern’s. Blanche here again today. Bill mowed lawns again tonight for first time.



Thursday, May 17, 1962

Cloudy in a.m. It cleared in late p.m. I got caught up on some of my work. Made a cake for Art Ward’s family. I went to Portland in the evening was Sally and girls.



Friday, May 18, 1962

Very nice hot day. Blanche called, she fixed my curtains in living room. In PM Blanche, Mama and I over to Hilton Nursery to get some plants. We cleaned Mama’s closet and bureau draws. Had showers in late p.m. Bill and I to town in evening. Power off in late evening about 10 o’clock.

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