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, July 28, 2018

March 26 - 29, 1968


Tuesday March 26, 1968

A nice day. I ironed, did a big ironing. About 1 PM today Fern went to NCM hospital for checkup, observation etc. Lloyd called on way home. He felt kind of blue about Fern.



Wednesday, March 27, 1968

A very nice and sunny day. The snow went a lot today. I worked in my bedroom. Got a lot of things done. Lloyd called. Gordon didn’t come to work. They burned the fields over down to Lloyd and Fern’s old place. In evening Billie and I called to see Fern in the hospital.



Thursday, March 28, 1968

On the partly cloudy side. I picked over some more boxes. Packed away some things in the bureau draws. Lloyd called. In evening I went down to the hospital to see Fern. Dot and Lorraine where there. Fern in pretty good spirits. She began on her diet today. Gordon didn’t come to work.



Friday, March 29, 1968

Partly cloudy and with rain showers. I done up my work, got ready and went to town with Lloyd. Got a wedding gift for Billie to give Bonnie Chadbourne and Jim Tarbox. Alice Boynton came up and brought me up some nice smelts. Also Gordon came today and worked on the breezeway. I went to town after supper and later in evening down to hospital to see Fern. Sally called.


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