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!

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

March 9 - 12, 1970


Monday, March 9, 1970 Income Checks came back

A very nice day. Betty and I took Zak to Portland to a skin specialist and a urologist. His rash isn’t anything too serious. He faces a operation in about two years. We called at Dorothea’s. Susan didn’t go.



Tuesday, March 10, 1970

Fair. I went down to Betty’s. She took me to town. I put check in the bank $49.84. Fern, Lloyd called at Betty’s. I washed today and washed kitchen floor. Susan is going home soon. She would like to move up here to live.



Wednesday, March 11, 1970 Tonie Betty and Kim

Nice and mild. Got my work done early. Betty, Susan, kids and I to Portland and to Dorothea’s. Betty and Kim had a Tonie. We had a nice visit. Susan called the airport to make reservations to go home next Tuesday. David (?) Craw to the hospital.



Thursday, March 12, 1970 March day, very mild

A beautiful day. I done up my work. Walked down to Betty’s. I stayed with the kids while she and Sue went shopping. I came home, made a pie. Got supper. Went down to Fern’s in evening.

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