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!

Thursday, April 23, 2020

September 12 - 14, 1974


Thursday, September 12, 1974 They worked on barn ditch

A quite good day. Some fog and cloud. It cleared off and they began to dig the ditch for water from the barn to the house. Bill and Billie. I was down to Betty’s. We went to town etc. I did some more washing.



Friday, September 13, 1974 HOT

Today it was very hot and mild after the fog got burned off. Fern, Esther, Betty, Zak and I all went to Portland to the Green Stamp Store. Got home in time to get Zak to school. Billie finished digging the ditch for the water. Bill painted at Betty’s after supper.



Saturday, September 14, 1974

Well a pretty nice day. Billie went with Lawrence. Bill began putting the water into the barn. I was down to Betty’s when Zak got his mail. Birthday cards with money. He got $18 and cards. I cooked, washed floors, washed clothes.




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