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!

Thursday, March 23, 2017

December 5 - 8, 1962



Wednesday, December 5, 1962

Partly cloudy. Well, I done my ironing. I went to town for Mama. I baked a fowl for supper. In PM I backed Christmas cards for Mama. In evening Bill got his haircut. Betty rested today.



Thursday, December 6, 1962

A nice day. I cleaned up the house. A letter from Esther. Dorothea and Jeff there visiting. I’m so glad for them all. Esther said she is feeling better. No letter from that Mike. He don’t get a chance to write sometimes.



Friday, December 7, 1962

A nice day, cooler. We had the furnace cleaned out. Cecil Hogan, Mama over to Aunt Ava’s. Betty, Blanche and I drove over to Lewiston. Betty did her shopping for Christmas. Betty drove all the way over and back.



Saturday, December 8, 1962

Partly cloudy. A few snow flurries. I cooked, done regular work. Oh yes, churned. Betty got her letters from the writing school. No letter from MIKE. NO LETTER. Fern up here tonight. Bill and Betty drove down town with Bill.



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