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!

Saturday, November 11, 2017

June 14 - 17, 1965



Monday, June 14, 1965

Cloudy, showery. I washed. On the cold side. Joy and girls called. Mike down to see about getting electricity. They came to look the place over, will let him know tomorrow. Betty to town in p.m.



Tuesday, June 15, 1965

Cloudy in a.m. Cleared late in a.m. Betty, Carmen and I up to the trailer. Mike fishing, got a nice mess. I got the clothes in, cooked a dite and churned.



Wednesday, June 16, 1965

A very nice day. I didn’t do much. Betty away with Joy. Fern and Lloyd called. Mike fishing. He and Betty slept all afternoon. Bill, Carmen and I out for a short ride after supper. To the trailer. Lil saw trailer today. Joy and girls here. I ironed.



Thursday, June 17, 1965

I didn’t do too much today. I hope to get busy next week and get my chambers back in order. Showers today.


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