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!

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

March 1 - 3, 1969


Saturday, March 1, 1969

A nice day, but a lot of snow. I done up my work, talked with Betty. Bill had to work all day. Billie worked at Raymond. In p.m. he took me to town. We took Aunt Ava and went over the ridge to see the snowdrifts of 15 to 20 feet high on the Upper Ridge. Fern up for supper. Billie took her to see the drifts. Dave home today, he is to have every other Saturday off.



Sunday, March 2, 1969

A nice day. Billie did some shoveling. I did regular work. Got a roast pork supper. Bill worked all day. We looked for Dorothea’s folks. Didn’t come. Fern and Lloyd called in evening. Snow snow snow and all snow. The drifts are so high and it is everywhere. We can’t see into the road except at the very end of the driveway.



Monday, March 3, 1969

Wind, snow and blow. Another one of those days. Same pattern as one week ago. Except cleared in evening. Wind finally went down. I went to town with Fern and Lloyd, errand for Billie. I done up regular work. Talk to Betty. She had a happy weekend. Dorothea, Jeff, Joy and girls called on her. It did her so much good. Kim had a slight cold. Bill had to go back to work tonight. Billie late getting home. Dorothea called tonight. Town meeting postponed tonight.


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