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 16, 2017

March 9 - 12, 1964



Monday, March 9, 1964

Cloudy. Snow and rain. Washed today. Fern and Lloyd called. Betty pretty good today. Mama fair.



Tuesday, March 10, 1964

We did up the general work. Bill called out to plow at 5:30 AM. Fern, Lloyd called. Bad storm, almost blizzard. I wrote letters. Carmen not too good. Betty’s check came. She is making plans to go away. Steer went today, one heifer came.



Wednesday, March 11, 1964

A beautiful day. I done up general work. I made three pies. I ironed. Betty upstairs. Blanche took clothes over home to wash. I hung them out. The Holstein cow was sick. Lawrence here to give her shot. Betty to town tonight.



Thursday, March 12, 1964

I cleaned up the whole house. Betty down after car. Today the Holstein cow went, she is better. Another Durham heifer came today. Mama seems to be getting weaker.

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