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, March 31, 2020

June 26 - 29, 1974


Wednesday, June 26, 1974 CHRISTIE GONE ONE WEEK

A miserable day. I went down to Betty’s. We cleaned up her house in a.m. and in p.m. cleaned her cellar. Bill hauled the mess to the dump. Betty washed it all down. It looks very nice. Cathy went home today. Today at three Christie gone one week. We still miss her. She isn’t suffering anymore.



Thursday, June 27, 1974

Cloudy most of the day. It did clear in the p.m. I went down to Betty’s for a little while. Lloyd was up today. In p.m. Betty took me to town to shop.



Friday, June 28, 1974

A nice sunny and warm day after the fog cleared up. I went down to Betty’s early this morning to stay while she took Carmen to the dentist. Carmen stayed over to Zenya’s last night. This has been a beautiful day. Betty, all kids, with Zenya  and I went to a garage sale at 2 Pleasant Street, the Osbourne Dave’s home. We bought a few articles. I didn’t do much today except regular work. I went down to Betty’s in p.m. It has been a beautiful day. I did some washing. Lawrence came and got the bull tonight. Also took Walt’s heifer home. Bill painted rest of the barn.



Saturday, June 29, 1974 RAIN

Another miserable day. It rained all day. Bill and Billie done a few things at the barn. In p.m. Billie went with Lawrence. Kim up here today. I baked beans, made rolls and a cake. Hortons out riding.
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