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, October 15, 2017

Febuary 26 - March 1, 1965




Friday, February 26, 1965

Partly cloudy. I done regular work. Made an oyster stew for supper. Fern up for supper. She went to town with us and then we took her home after the shopping. Bill worked all night, home for only his breakfast.



Saturday, February 27, 1965

A very nice sunny day. I made a cake, bread, rolls and baked beans. Bill had to work in p.m. Betty and Mike to Doreen’s wedding. Fern up for supper.



Sunday, February 28, 1965

Fair kind of a day. A little on the cold side. Had dinner at noon because Billie had to work in forenoon. Betty and Carmen away down to Dawn’s. I wrote to Es and Dorothea.



Monday, March 1, 1965

Cloudy all day. I washed with Betty’s help. She did a lot. It was a help. Billie got new SHOES. I was sick all night last night. Better and okay today. Betty and Carmen called the Ferns (Koon) tonight.
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