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!

Monday, October 16, 2017

March 2 - 5, 1965



Tuesday, March 2, 1965

A beautiful day. Betty, Carmen and I took off, went to the Green Valley Golf Course. Came home, ironed, done rest of my work. Billie home from work about 10:30 sick.



Wednesday, March 3, 1965

Another beautiful day. Letters from Es and Joy. Betty’s records came. Jeanette Roakes called. I made a pie, an angel cake dessert, had pork spareribs for supper. Dick Graffam brought a cow here to be bred.



Thursday, March 4, 1965

A very nice day. I done regular work. Took care of Carmen all day. Betty and Mike fishing. It has been sunny and warm all day. Letter from Dorothea and Jeff’s school papers.



Friday, March 5, 1965

Cloudy after a week of nice warm sunny weather. Rosalie Smart called. Bill, Carmen and I to town tonight. Betty, Carmen and I over to Aunt Ava’s and Uncle Lewis’s in evening.



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