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 24, 2018

September 25 - 28, 1969


Thursday, September 25, 1969

A nice day. Betty a lot better. I was down for a little while.



Friday, September 26, 1969

Betty took me to town. I did some errands and a dite of grocery shopping. I didn’t do much here at home. Billie took me to town in evening. I did my shopping. We called at Betty and Walt’s.



Saturday, September 27, 1969

I done up my regular work, baked beans. Down to Betty’s and stayed with the kids while Betty and Walt went after paper to paper their living room. Carmen and Kim have colds. Bill and Walt cleaned up the mess down back of the barn at Walt’s. It looks so much better.

Kim behind the house



Sunday, September 28, 1969 Papered at Betty and Walt

It was kind of foggy and cloudy but it cleared off. Bill and Walt papered the living room today at Betty’s. It looks very nice. Carmen better. Zack has a cold.




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