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, December 16, 2018

August 24 - 27, 1969


Sunday, August 24, 1969

A nice day. We didn’t do much. Sat outside. Billie worked for Lawrence.



Monday, August 25, 1969

We washed and cleaned up the house. My leg quite lame today.



Tuesday, August 26, 1969

A good day. I picked shell beans and canned them. Had some for supper. Betty ironed and shelled beans for me. Went to town. I made a pie. Betty and Walt down to Stanford’s in evening. They want to move this weekend.



Wednesday, August 27, 1969

A beautiful day. Clear and cold. We made ROOT BEER. Dorothea and Jeff came up, they had Conant kids. She got some shell beans. I froze some today.


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