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!

Monday, February 3, 2020

December 2 - 5, 1973


Sunday, December 2, 1973

It dawned clear and sunny. I changed the beds, cleaned up the house. Washed. Cooked a roast, made a cake. Billie gone with Lawrence. Bill took me to town and we drove up over the Ridge. Betty called in PM. Carmen riding Ebony. Kids better today. Bill worked on the pump and fixed it.



Monday, December 3, 1973

Went to town. Deposited SS check. Done some shopping. We went down by where the wood is being cut on the lot of land which Jean has left to Bill.



Tuesday, December 4, 1973 Bill worked, very mild

Cloudy and showery in a.m. I got my work done, went down to Betty’s and we went to Portland to do some more Christmas shopping. It was late when we got home. Dorothea went with us. It turned out to be a very nice sunny mild day.



Wednesday, December 5, 1973 Bill worked, mild temperatures

Rain all day. I was down to Betty’s. We wrapped up Christmas gifts. I came home, got supper. Bill called Reece tonight. He can’t (Reece) get hold of Jack.


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