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!

Sunday, September 29, 2019

August 20 - 23, 1972


Sunday, August 20, 1972 Billie working at Walt’s, $50

A beautiful day. Done up regular work. Carmen came up here last night because she had a slight touch of asthma. Billie Walker called here this morning. I got some more blueberries today. Zak has a touch of diarrhea.



Monday, August 21, 1972 Billie worked at Walt’s

A very nice day. I did my washing. Betty went to Portland. I went down there a little while. Carmen and I picked some peas. Billie didn’t do much, he bought some more hay up to Erwin’s.



Tuesday, August 22, 1972 HOT

This has been a very hot day. I done up the work. Betty came up. I did my ironing and a dite of washing. Down to Betty’s. She did a big ironing. I shelled some peas for her. Mrs. Odette Robinson came up. Carmen, Kim and Zak rode the horses. Carmen to the dentist. Bill working upstairs. Walt late coming home, had to work late.
Sonny and Cher







Wednesday, August 23, 1972

Another nice hot day. I done regular work, washed etc. Went to town with Betty. She took Freya down for her shots. Zak was sick. Tonight I cooked steaks outside on the grill. Had roasted corn. I did a dite of shopping. Betty and Walt had company for supper, Bob and Shirley Winslow. Carmen slid off the horse today while riding.


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