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!

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

November 30 - December 4, 1963



Saturday, November 30, 1963

Got up, I had a good dinner. Milan’s folks left about 9 AM. They moved a lot of their things back. Dot, Kennie called, Fern, Lloyd, Alice, Doreen and Timmy.



Sunday, December 1, 1963

(Blank)



Monday, December 2, 1963

I did a big wash. Nice day. Got supper to going. Aunt Ava called.



Tuesday, December 3, 1963

Snow. Began snowing in the night. Bill called to work at 6 AM. Paid $50 on taxes. Bonnie up here. Plowed snow all day and tonight got to plow.



Wednesday, December 4, 1963

A nice day, not too cold. We had snow all over today. Bill worked till 4:30 AM. I worked all day at home, then to Stillman’s.

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