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, September 22, 2018

October 7 - 10, 1968


Monday, October 7, 1968 Rain

It has rained today. We sure need it. Bill measured the well this morning. It came in some during the night. I cleaned up the house. I wrote two letters, Betty Smith and Tom and Susan.



Tuesday, October 8, 1968

It has been mostly cloudy all day, not too cold. 50 to 55°. Done up my work. Got letters off, wrote to Esther, got three other letters ready to go. I canned tomatoes, made a pie.



Wednesday, October 9, 1968

The well had nearly 3 feet of water. I washed a little today. I cooked a little today. Christie and I took a walk down through the pasture today.



Thursday, October 10, 1968

I done up my regular work. Fern, Lloyd called a little while. I did some desk work about all day. Checking Christmas list etc.
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