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!

Saturday, December 15, 2018

August 20 - 23, 1969


 
Wednesday, August 20, 1969

Clear and cooler today. Humidity is all gone. I worked at Dorothy’s today. Betty washed. I came home, done some odds and end jobs, we had supper. Bill still home. Jim called today to see Bill. Gilly called tonight. Bill and Walt played darts. Carmen down with the kids riding bikes. Betty and I over to Aunt Ava’s to get Fern. She spent afternoon and evening with her.


 
Thursday, August 21, 1969

Bill back to work. We went to Portland to Dr. Crane. Kim’s arm is coming okay.



Friday, August 22, 1969 $5.00

I worked at Dorothy’s. We went to town. Betty washed and done up all the housework. I did the shopping.



Saturday, August 23, 1969

I baked beans. Betty and Walt over to Joy and Buddy’s. Joy called here. Fern up for supper.




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