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, September 20, 2018

September 30 - October 3, 1968


Monday, September 30, 1968

A cloudy day. I washed, it was on the cool side. I canned 15 pints of tomatoes and did the ironing. Billie didn’t feel very good, bad cold and cough.



Tuesday, October 1, 1968

A very hot day, sunny. I did my second washing, sheets etc. I cleaned up the house. Joy called also Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis. I talked with Betty. They went down to Walt’s folks Sunday. Billie got his arm hurt on a nail. It is sore tonight.



Wednesday, October 2, 1968

Partly cloudy day. I made green tomato mincemeat today, also got apple juice (crab) ready for jelly. Done regular work. Joy down cleaning her house today.



Thursday, October 3, 1968 Billie brought home beef all cut up and frozen for freezer

I finished the crabapple jelly today, made two mincemeat pies. I cleaned up the house. Billie brought the beef home tonight. Joy got back home tonight. Had thundershowers tonight heavy rain showers in late p.m. I did a little wash today.


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