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, November 17, 2019

February 23 - 26, 1973


Friday, February 23, 1973

Cloudy and snowy most of the day. I ironed. Done regular work. In p.m. down to Windham with Betty and kids, shopped. Zak here for afternoon and for supper. Watched TV in evening.



Saturday, February 24, 1973 Got cattle

A very nice day today, first time for a week. I done regular work, washed windows, baked white beans. Billie with Lawrence all day. Down to Betty’s for hour or so while she and Walt went after bedding for the pony. I washed out some clothes. Got them in and ironed. They dried good. Today Billie bought his cattle for beef. Part (?) challets.


Sunday, February 25, 1973

Another nice day, it seems so good after such a miserable week. Esther came over, we looked at snapshots and a few of the old BHS Coronas. Bob and Pat called in p.m. also. Billie with Lawrence all day. Fern, Lloyd went for a ride with Walt, Betty and kids.



Monday, February 26, 1973

A very nice day. I did a wash. Clothes dried good. Bill and I took a ride up to Waterford and around. Came home. I washed kitchen windows inside and out. Carmen up here after school for a little while.

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