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, June 24, 2019

August 31 - September 3, 1971


Tuesday, August 31, 1971

Bill worked at Betty’s. Betty, Es and I went to Norway to do some shopping. She bought Zak a lot of clothes. Billie all around looking for work.



Wednesday, September 1, 1971

We went to Dorothea’s, I stayed with her and kept Zak while Betty and girls went to Rowena’s. Linda Berry and children went too. Dorothea and I had a good visit. Zak was good. Bill done down to Betty’s for a while.



Thursday, September 2, 1971

On the warm side. Kind of cloudy in early a.m., cleared away. I done regular work, made a pie. Betty and Zak had breakfast up here. Also Carmen and Kim came up through the field. Bill down to Jean’s to work today.

Zak playing in the dog's water




Friday, September 3, 1971

It has been so hot and humid. Betty took me shopping. In p.m. Billie helped Betty to haul bricks etc. away from back of barn and they trimmed all up and cleaned up down there. It looks the best it ever did down there. Kimmy up here for supper. She don’t feel at all good because of her shot. Bill worked at Jean’s.
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