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, September 10, 2018

August 24 - 27, 1967


Saturday, August 24, 1968

A fair day, but warmer today. I did up my work. Took care of the stock. Lloyd came, got the trash to haul off. Joy brought Cathy over for me to take care. Was planning to go places. Bill over to Norway to get grain.



Sunday, August 25, 1968

Bill and I had breakfast, did up the work. Then we went for a ride. He worked outside painting in a.m. It seems odd to be alone.



Monday, August 26, 1968 $23.84

Very nice day. I washed. Mr. Drew called and paid me. Also brought up their washing and took the clean ones home. I called on the phone and talked. Got vegetables out of the garden. Billie had a good time at the fair, got home last night.



Tuesday, August 27, 1968

A pretty good day. I rushed around, done up my work. Got ready, went down to Dorothea’s with Joy while she went (Joy) to Bradlee’s to do some school shopping.



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