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!

Thursday, April 11, 2019

November 17 -20, 1970


Tuesday, November 17, 1970

I washed today, it was the first sunny day for over a week. Clothes dried good. Betty went to Gray to get some trout for the well. Es, Susan and Vince went too. Bill worked at Walt’s tonight, also plumber came. Electrician came and finished electrical work at Betty’s. I called on Aunt Ava in evening, she is better.



Wednesday, November 18, 1970



A nice day. I went down to Betty’s to stay with Zak while she took Kim to school. I stayed most of afternoon. We worked on Christmas list etc. Kim came up here to stay all night. Bill worked at Walt’s after supper. I made out a small Christmas order.



Thursday, November 19, 1970

Cloudy and showers. It snowed a dite during the night. I ironed, cleaned oven in electric stove. Kim watched TV and made pictures etc. Betty not very happy, kind of discouraged.



Friday, November 20, 1970

Esther’s birthday. Betty and I to town. We sent a birthday card to Esther. I was down to Betty’s to stay with Zak while she took Kim to school.


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