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, July 29, 2019

January 8 - 11, 1972


Saturday, January 8, 1972

Awful windy. I went back to bed this morning. Finally decided to go to the doctors. I went to Dr. Gluck, he gave me two shots. Billie took me down then he went to town to do some shopping. Bill is gaining all the time. Billie’s cold is a lot better.



Sunday, January 9, 1972

Cloudy, dreary day. Snow flurry. Well, I feel a little better. Done a lot of work. But Bill and Billie don’t feel too good. Bill seems to be coming down with this cold. This has been a dreary day. Cliff called. Es sent over some pudding and cookies.


Zak and I with Big Red




Monday, January 10, 1972 Mild

A very nice day. Sunny and mild. I done up regular work. Did a dite of washing. Bill and I went to town. Gordon up here and Bill went to town and did some plowing. Billie not feeling too good yet. Susan gone to Windham tonight to get a hamburger supper. Betty has Monica Louise. Thank the good Lord I’m here instead of where we was a week ago tonight. Dorothea too is pleased to be home.



Tuesday, January 11, 1972

Cloudy today. I cleaned up the house, did regular work. Called at Betty’s a little while. Billie don’t feel much better yet. I did a little ironing. Es and Cliff called tonight. I went down to Betty’s a little while today.

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