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, May 5, 2020

October 25 - 28, 1974


Friday, October 25, 1974 not so warm, on the quite cool side.

We went to Norway in a.m. In p.m. I done some odds and end jobs. Watched some programs. Bill was better today. Esther here in evening.



Saturday, October 26, 1974

A nice day, not too cold. I did a lot of work. Cooked, washed windows, floors, cleaned the cars and cleaned the cellar. Billie cleaned up outside and got a lot of his odds and end jobs done. Carmen up here, she was riding Ebony.



Sunday, October 27, 1974

A beautiful day, but on the cool windy side. I done my regular work. Washed. The Thomases called and ate dinner with us. Betty and Walt called and Zak. Billie went with Lawrence. Clothes dried very good.



Monday, October 28, 1974 Back to Standard Time

Back to the Lord’s time today. This is the way it should be. Billie started his winter time going to work at 8 instead of 7. I was down to Betty’s all day. We cleaned the kitchen and cleaned up the whole house, swept, dusted etc.

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