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!

Sunday, July 9, 2017

February 10 - 13, 1964



Monday, February 10, 1964

A nice clear cold day. I washed. Fern came up to help me. Blanche here to take care of Mama. She is very sick and weak. Aunt Ava and Dot Prescott called. In p.m. Betty and I to Norway, got home late and Billie was so mad. No use.



Tuesday, February 11, 1964

Not so cold. I got the clothes in. We got the ironing done. Blanche took Aunt Ava to Portland to the clinic.



Wednesday, February 12, 1964

A nice mild day. Bill came home sick in middle of forenoon. Mama about the same. Betty helped me today, we cleaned the kitchen. We worked like Trojans. Carmen quite fussy in p.m. Blanche here. Betty and I to town in p.m.



Thursday, February 13, 1964

We cleaned the windows in dining room. Also washed the curtains. Bill didn’t work. Betty to town with the car. She has had about $90 worth of work and tires on it today. Mama not too good.


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