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!

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

November 13 - 16, 1973


Tuesday, November 13, 1973 Bill worked

Cloudy dreary day. Betty and I up early and went to Dorothea’s to be there when her desk came. It did not come while we were there. Esther went with us. We visited with Dorothea. Betty took Kim and Zak to the doctors. Zak has an ear infection. He gave them some penicillin for those colds. Bill worked.



Wednesday, November 14, 1973 very mild, Bill worked at Walt’s

This has been a very mild day, sunny. Bill painted on the trim of the barn. I helped Betty do a lot of odds and end jobs. Lloyd’s heel is swollen and getting quite painful. I washed down to Betty’s today. Carmen up here for supper. There is a fuel shortage and now the country is all worried about that. People are to drive at a lower rate of speed and turn down the heat. They are going to give the schools a longer vacation of schools.



Thursday, November 15, 1973 Bill worked

I was down to Betty’s. She took Zak to school and Fern to town. We done some odds and end jobs. A cloudy dreary day, Bill worked at Betty’s.




Friday, November 16, 1973 Bill worked

It was kind of a dreary day. It cleared late in PM. Betty and I looked over catalogs. She took me to town. We called on Fern and Lloyd in evening.



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