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, December 3, 2019

April 20 - 22, 1973 Easter Sunday


Friday, April 20, 1973 very hot

I done regular work. Down to Betty’s. She and Bill got the chicks out today. Betty don’t or didn’t feel very good. Zak down to Dorothea’s. I went to town in late p.m. to shop. Bill took me, Kim went too. Carmen played with Cathy Smith.



Saturday, April 21, 1973

A beautiful day. I done regular work. Did little cooking in a.m. then Bill and I went to Portland to see Jean. She was just the same as she has been. I came home and cooked in p.m. Billie with Lawrence.



Sunday, April 22, 1973 Easter, 75 to 80° temp

A very nice Easter. Carmen, Kim and Zak all dressed up in their new clothes and went to Sunday School. They were so pleased with their new clothes. Dorothea helped them to shop while they visited during the week down there. Billie raked rest of the lawn. It was up in the 80s today, real like summer day. The Horton family were here for dinner and the day. They all were dressed up. We had a nice ham dinner which they liked so much. Billie out raking, cleaning up etc. Got the cows’ water tub out, feed buckets etc.











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