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, March 29, 2020

June 20 - 22, 1974


Thursday, June 20, 1974

A fair day. I washed, done some odds and end jobs. Christie gone one day at 2:50 this afternoon. I have traveled to see her where her bed was many times today. I could see her in my mind. Miss her. She was such a nice dog. Miss her so much. I babysat down to Betty’s tonight. She and Walt out for supper.


Friday, June 21, 1974 MOVE HENS UP

A cloudy day, on the cool side in the forenoon. I done regular work, washed, put clothes on clothes (?) hoss because my line broke. Lloyd up. Betty and Walt down to Dawn’s today. Carmen and Kim each had a friend come to visit them and to go as their guest to Storyland with the Methodist Sunday School class. Demings and Hortons called. Tonight we moved our hens up from Betty’s. First night a living creature stayed in the new barn. We miss Christie.



Saturday, June 22, 1974 HAIR SET



A nice day. I baked beans, done up regular work, washed floors. Went over to June’s, got my hair set for tomorrow. In p.m. had the regular showers. Bill and Billie worked on the barn. Betty and I went looking at barn sale articles. Betty got a few pieces of china. Carmen, Kim and Zak went with their friends and the Sunday School went up to Storyland for the day. They all had a very good time. Got very tired though.


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