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 25, 2019

March 24 - 27, 1973


Saturday, March 24, 1973 Cat operated on

A very nice day. Kim up and spent the day. On the cool side. Kim rode her bike. Billie took the cat down to Lawrence to be operated on. He was quite scared. Betty, Walt and kids called. Lloyd called.



Sunday, March 25, 1973 a very mild day up 70 and 80°

Didn’t do much today. I done up regular work, did a dite of washing. Billie gone all day with Lawrence. Betty, Walt and children up and called. They raked the lawn some. Fern, Lloyd called. Kids rode their bikes and had a good time on the black top.



Monday, March 26, 1973 rain, mild

Today it rained hard until late, p.m. it cleared. Betty, Zak, Fern and I went to Portland. Fern got her shoes, took them to the cobbler. Stan called and was here for supper time. We invited him to stay. He enjoyed it very much. Gordon and Linda called. Stan asked Bill and Gordon to sign a paper (legal) to give him access to Jean’s money and stocks etc. Gordon wouldn’t do it. Called at Dorothea’s a minute on way home. Bill called on Jean, she is much improved.



Tuesday, March 27, 1973
A very nice day. I went down to Betty’s. She got ready and went to Harrison to get some laying hens for Dawn. Also she spent the day down there and I took care of Zak. She helped Dawn to build a pen for her hens. In evening we called at Ferns.

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