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 14, 2020

September 18 - 21, 1973 Jim, Norma and Ragina (as Nanny spelled it)

Tuesday, September 18, 1973 RAIN

Today we had a good rain. I went down to Betty’s to stay with Zak while she and Bill got the hen house ready for my hens and Dawn’s. Also did a few other jobs. Zak had a bad cold.



Wednesday, September 19, 1973 Bill worked at Betty’s

A very nice sunny day. I done up my work, went down to Betty’s and she went down to help at Fern’s. She and Esther cleaned windows and deep-freeze. Delores called this morning. Zak’s cold is better. In p.m. Bill, Betty, Zak, Freya and I went down through the pasture down onto the powerline and up through Weldon’s (the former Sam Allen’s) to make a riding trail for Betty and Walt ride. It was very interesting to go down there. Bill and I hadn’t been down there for years. I did a dite of washing and ironed.



Thursday, September 20, 1973

A nice day. I went down to Betty’s. Betty and Walt out riding in p.m. Very mild.






Friday, September 21, 1973 Norma, Jim and Regina

A nice sunny day. I went down to Betty’s to help her get ready for Norma and family. Bill down, done some odds and end jobs down there. In p.m. we went to town. Esther went with us. Came home and made Italian sandwiches. Norma and Jim came after we got home from town. All glad to see each other.

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