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!

Monday, December 17, 2018

August 28 - 31, 1969


Thursday, August 28, 1969

A nice day. We washed, it was cloudy in a.m., cleared by hot. Betty didn’t feel too good. Kind of tired. I didn’t pick anything from the garden. Still quite lame today. Mark up in PM. Had Otts for supper.



Friday, August 29, 1969 $5.00

It was hot and humid. I worked at Dorothy’s. I hurt my leg again. I finished at Dorothy’s. Betty came after me. I went to Dr. Cornelius. He wants me to put hot pack on it, wait til Monday. Fern came up to help Betty. Betty went and got the groceries. Aunt Ava called in pm.



Saturday, August 30, 1969

A nice day, I couldn’t go out or get up today. My leg is bad. Betty did the work and baked the beans. They were so good.



Sunday, August 31, 1969

We had Italian sandwiches for supper, ate outside. Very hot. Betty made sandwiches, they were delicious. Fern and Lloyd came up. I can’t get around very good, my leg is bad.

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