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, January 28, 2020

November 9 - 12, 1973 Lloyd Came Home


Friday, November 9, 1973 Bill worked

A nice day, but on the cool side. Betty took Fern to Portland. Lloyd will be coming home tomorrow. I was to take care of Zak but had a touch of flu or something so couldn’t. Betty took him to Dorothea’s. Bill worked at Walt wiring. I felt mean this morning but okay this p.m.



November 10, 1973 LLOYD CAME HOME, Bill worked

A very nice day but very cold. I done up my regular work. Bill worked at Walt’s. Billie picked up outside limb branches etc. In a.m. he went up to get some milk, in p.m. he went with Lawrence. I went down to Betty’s in p.m. She went to Portland with Fern and Esther to get Lloyd. He stood the ride home okay. He was so pleased to get back home. He looks good.




Sunday, November 11, 1973

A nice day. We didn’t do much. Billie done has regular Sunday chores. Bill went down to help Walt but he didn’t need him. Zak up here in p.m. Billie went with Lawrence. Betty and Walt worked on the barn a little while. Got things pretty well done.



Monday, November 12, 1973

A pretty nice day, on the cool side. We went to Portland. Betty done Zak’s Christmas shopping. Esther stayed with Zak.

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