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!

Thursday, October 5, 2017

January 17 - 20, 1965



Sunday, January 17, 1965

Cleared off today and the temperatures went up a few degrees. Bill worked from 8 AM to 3 PM. Dorothea and Jeff called and talked. Kennie and Dot here. Betty and Mike looked at a house today. Billie and I called at Ferns in evening.



Monday, January 18, 1965 BILLIE TO RAYMOND      FERN TEETH

A nice day, I washed. Got it done before noon. Betty done up my regular work. I sent a letter to Jeffrey. In p.m. Betty, Carmen and I went up to see the house Betty and Mike want to buy. Billie began at Raymond today. Fern had eight teeth out today. Betty and I called on her in afternoon and evening.



Tuesday, January 19, 1965

A fair day. Not too cold. I done up my regular work, got a letter off to Esther. Fern better today. I made a chocolate pie and whipped cream. (Good) called at Ferns in evening.



Wednesday, January 20, 1965

Cloudy and snowy. It cleared late in p.m. Pres. Johnson was inaugurated today. I watched it on TV. I stewed beans today. Done my mending. Fern a little better tonight. Bill worked tonight a while.

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