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!

Sunday, February 2, 2020

November 28 - December 1, 1973


Wednesday, November 28, 1973 Bill worked again at the camp

Another rainy day. I was busy. Did a dite of cooking. Betty called. Bill worked again. I watched my programs, busy at my desk etc.



Thursday, November 29, 1973 Bill worked at Camp Encore, cleared

It was a nice day. KIM HOME SICK. She has a cold. I went down to see her, was down there all forenoon. Zak to School. I washed in PM. Bill expects to work at the camp for a few weeks, maybe three. Esther over this evening.



Friday, November 30, 1973 Bill worked at Camp Encore

A very nice day, not too cold. No snow at this time at all. I hope we don’t get any at all for a month anyway. I was down to Betty’s today. Zak not feeling too good. Betty took Fern to town. I stayed with Zak. The oil and gas situation is serious. What are we coming to? Anyway a mild winter is forecasted.



Saturday, December 1, 1973 Bill worked

It was cloudy and windy this morning. It cleared and was a nice day. Except very windy and cold. Carmen up here all day. She worked. Bill worked at Camp Encore. Betty and I to town in p.m., called at Lloyd’s.

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