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!

Monday, March 13, 2017

October 24 - 27, 1962



Wednesday, October 24, 1962

Cloudy in a.m. Cold. Cleared in PM. It is very cold today. I cooked, churned, done the housework. Blanche call. Betty down town of p.m. to Jackie Huntress’s. She, Jackie Huntress and Betty B all walked up street together. She drove Bill’s car home. Bill down to Gordon’s in evening. Mama ‘s leg lame.



Thursday, October 25, 1962

A beautiful day except very cold. Heavy frost this morning. I done up regular work. Cleaned up all the house. Real cold all day. Bill worked at Gordon’s after supper.



Friday, October 26, 1962 SNOW

First snow. Cloudy and snowed a couple to 3 inches today. I done up the housework. Sent Billie’s car payment. Betty sent two more thank you notes. Fern and Lloyd called. Lloyd put some tape around edge of my rugs.



Saturday, October 27, 1962

A nice day on the cold, windy side. I cooked, done up the housework. Washed windows on the outside to get ready for the storm windows. Betty up to Randy Harmon and Betty’s. Kay, Helen and Fern here for supper.


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