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, November 23, 2017

July 31 - August 3, 1965



Saturday, July 31, 1965

Had the usual beans etc. Dorothea and I to town in p.m. No one done much. Hayd not too good.



Sunday, August 1, 1965



Up kind of late, done regular work. Es called. In p.m. D, B, J, C, and me all went for a short ride. Carmen got hurt. I done my hair, blackened. Bill and Dorothea took her to hospital, not serious.



Monday, August 2, 1965

Did regular wash, didn’t have too much. Betty helped today. Also we picked and froze shell beans. On the cloudy side. Es and Billie up. Dorothea to the dog show with Barb and Nancy to Portland in evening.



Tuesday, August 3, 1965

Another dry sunny day, need rain awful bad. Cooked, churned, picked greens. In evening Dorothea, Betty, kids and I out for a short ride. Fern, Es, and Billie called in evening. Nola and Cathy called. Bill lame.


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