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!

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

January 29 - February 1, 1969


Wednesday, January 29, 1969 10 above

Got my work done up early, figured, washed windows. Worked in the closet looking over boxes etc.



Thursday, January 30, 1969 Mild

A very nasty day. It snowed, rained and sleet. Fern, Lloyd called. A phone call from Betty. I worked in the cupboard again.



Friday, January 31, 1969 $4.50

Rain and snow in a.m. Cleared about 10 AM. Windy and heavy wind clouds. I worked at Dorothy’s.



Saturday, February 1, 1969

I went to town in p.m. Also Bill and I went to Dorothea’s to tell her they are coming down tomorrow for Carmen’s birthday. Fern wasn’t here for supper. Didn’t do my grocery shopping until today, also shopped for Carmen’s birthday.


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