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, February 10, 2019

March 29 - April 1, 1970 Easter Sunday


Sunday, March 29, 1970 Easter

A cloudy cold windy day. Dot up here for the day. Rayburn came up and got her. Billie went over to Wilmot Lords with Lawrence. The Dave Thomas family spent the day and had Easter dinner with the Horton’s. Betty is better. Bill finished birdhouse.



Monday, March 30, 1970

A nice sunny cold day. Real cold when we got up this morning. 12 above. I washed. Did up my regular work. Sent money to bank. Down to Betty’s. Walt home today getting ready (studying) for his exams. Kim up here in p.m. Didn’t feel good. I called on Aunt Ava’s this evening. Betty’s back better.



Tuesday, March 31, 1970

Cloudy. I did my ironing. I went down to Betty’s. Kim is sick with chickenpox. Betty is better. I called Susan and Es today. They are getting along fair out there. I worked on my scraps.



Wednesday, April 1, 1970

A beautiful day. I did a wash, it dried good. I went down to Betty’s. Kim isn’t feeling too good. The snow went a lot today. A very nice sunny mild day.



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