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, September 1, 2017

September 9 - 12, 1964

Wednesday, September 9, 1964

A nice day, on the quite mild side. I cleaned my living room completely. Done some of my bedroom and Billie’s. In evening Fern called. Looked over some snaps. Betty feels a little better. Billie sick all evening.



Thursday, September 10, 1964

Cloudy today, on the warm side. I washed, done my bedrooms and done the dining room.  After supper I done dining room and ironed. Betty and Mike home all day, except took a walk down to the woods. Fern and Lloyd called, brought us some dainties to take on our trip. Thena called and gave me a gift. Nice perfume.



Friday, September 11, 1964

A fair day, on the muggy side. I cleaned the kitchen today, had some swiss chard greens for supper. Had a shower in p.m. Bob called in evening. Bill and Billie measured up for the lumber for the tie up.



Saturday, September 12, 1964

IT WON’T BE LONG

Been busy today, to town, cleaned up the house, got a few groceries. Had a good supper. Fern here. Betty and Mike here. Billie all shook up about me being upstairs when he came home. Fern, Bill and I packed the final packing tonight. Cooler all day. Very cold tonight. Kennard and Delores called after supper.
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