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, November 18, 2019

February 27 - March 2, 1973


Tuesday, February 27, 1973 zero

Another very nice sunny day, on the cool side. I did a lot of odds and end jobs. Down and helped Betty in the morning. I washed, cleaned my rug and ironed in PM. Betty and Bill went over to Holly’s and got a desk Betty bought off George. I had Zak while they were gone. Billie didn’t feel good tonight, went in and laid down right after supper.



Wednesday, February 28, 1973 4 below

It has dawned sunny and bright this morning. On the cold side. A very nice day. I done regular work. I went down to Betty’s a little while. It was cold. Bill went down to Betty’s, they worked on the desk. Betty went and got the chair. I took Zak while she went and for p.m. while they worked on desk.



Thursday, March 1, 1973

Partly cloudy. Some sun. I done regular work, over to Norway and South Paris with Betty and Zak. Came home had lunch. In p.m. down to Ferns. Looked at their pictures. Came home, got supper. Es here in evening. Called at Will McAllister’s to see his ponies.



Friday, March 2, 1973

I done regular work. Bill down and worked on the desk.


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