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!

Friday, June 30, 2017

January 5 - 8, 1964



Sunday, January 5, 1964

Nice day, didn’t get up too early. Made a oyster stew. Bill better. Kennie, Dot, Rayburn, Joan and Karen called. Aunt Ava called today. Billie better.



Monday, January 6, 1964

Not too cold. Another one of those long washes. Had to rush to town and to work. Bill back to work. Stormed some tonight.



Tuesday, January 7, 1964

A beautiful day. Betty and Carmen down to Dawn’s. Had a good time and wonderful spaghetti dinner. I cleaned up the house. Made a salad, cooked a chicken. Blanche over, she and I to town and mailed some packages. I got one off to Dorothea. I bought a pair of gloves for Dorothea and Jeff for Mama to send her.



Wednesday, January 8, 1964

A beautiful mild day. I cleaned up the chambers, mailed Dorothea and Jeff’s gloves. Randy Harmon called. Also Ken and Dolores.

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