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, November 1, 2018

March 4 - 7, 1969



Tuesday, March 4, 1969

A beautiful sunny day. But the wind blows so hard and the snow continues to drift. Bill got home in the early hours of morning. Today I washed and cleaned the electric stove. Washed windows. Did the wash. I hung the towels, T-shirts etc. on the rack out in the yard. Wrote to Betty and George. Sent a card to Kim. She has a cold. Talk to Betty, she is happy today.



Wednesday, March 5, 1969

A beautiful day but in cold. The wind blows so hard. I washed and ironed, looked over some papers in the desk.



Thursday, March 6, 1969

Wind blows. Cleaned up the house. Did some writing letters etc. Watched my TV programs, talked with Betty. Walt is good to her.



Friday, March 7, 1969 $4.50. Two dollars washing

I worked at Dorothy’s today, came home, finished my work. Ironed etc. Made out store list and figured some things. Bill took me to town in evening. Car stops. Billie had to come for us.
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