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!

Sunday, October 21, 2018

January 21 - 24, 1969


Tuesday, January 21, 1969

Another beautiful day. I did my regular work, ironed and mended. I didn’t talk with Betty today. I hope she is all right. Last night Norman and Barbara Stanford called. Quite a few birds around today. I called Dorothea.



Wednesday, January 22, 1969

I did up my work. Cooked a dite. Dolores called in PM a little while. I picked over some things in the closet.



Thursday, January 23, 1969

A nice day. I cleaned up the house. In evening I called at Aunt Ava’s while Billie got haircut.



Friday, January 24, 1969

Cloudy. I done up my work. Worked at Dorothy’s. Came home, did a little washing. Got my store list ready etc. Billie took me to town after supper. It was a rainy day but very mild.


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