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, April 30, 2019

January 29 - February 1, 1971


Friday, January 29, 1971

A pretty nice sunny day. I went down to Betty’s while she took Kim to school. Then got ready and went over to Aunt Ava’s. Picked the desk over and Betty brought it home. Deming’s called in evening.



Saturday, January 30, 1971

A cloudy snowy day. Billie took me to town. Kimmy went with us. Bill worked most all day.



Sunday, January 31, 1971

A nice day. Bill and I called at Fern and Lloyd’s. Cliff and Billie there  watching Apollo 14 take off. Susan gone ski dooing. Esther took care of her kids.







Monday, February 1, 1971 18 below, $5 dollars found in card $2.50 each

Very cold this morning, 18 below. I rushed around, done up my work. Washed. Down to Betty’s while she took Kimmy to school. Over to Aunt Ava’s. We did the bureau draws in bedroom, kitchen and living room. Came home, got supper. Washed some more, got other clothes in.
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