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!

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

March 3 - 6, 1973


Saturday, March 3, 1973

Cloudy today, it stormed some last night, not too much. I done regular work. Billie down country or state with Lawrence to get cattle. Bill and I to town. I got some groceries. Kim up today. Carmen has company.



Sunday, March 4, 1973

I didn’t do much today except regular work. In p.m. down to Betty’s a little while. After supper I called at Esther’s. Fair today.



Monday, March 5, 1973

A nice sunny day. I washed my sheets down to Betty’s and we got ready and went to Portland. I did some grocery shopping. After I got home I did rest of my washing.



Tuesday, March 6, 1973 Cliff arrived home in late p.m.

Fair in a.m. Clouded up some in p.m. I went down to Betty’s in a.m. and to town. Bill and I called at Jean’s in p.m. Jean doesn’t look good at all. Stan looks very well. I ironed yesterday. Kim up after school on her bike. Cliff got home from Florida about suppertime.
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