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!

Friday, July 31, 2020

September 10 - 13, 1975

Wednesday, September 10, 1975 cool

 

A nice sunny day, on the cool side, in p.m. it was warmer. I went down to Betty’s for a little while. I did some hand washing. I cooked. I washed kitchen windows. Bill and I to town, paid bills etc. Bill didn’t do anything until late p.m. after he got up from sleeping. He had Steve Lyons go down and cleaned out the bottom of the well at the spring. Carmen up here after school. George worked on the chimney today.

 

 

 

Thursday, September 11, 1975

 

A quite nice day. I done regular work. Down to Betty’s for a while. Bill worked at Betty’s. I was there most of the day. Also we went to town. George didn’t work on the chimney today.

 

 

 

Friday, September 12, 1975

 

I done my regular work. I did some washing at Betty’s. It rained all day. George and Holly worked on the chimney. About 2 PM Betty got ready and went to pick Kimmy up at school. She took her to Marianne’s and she will spend the night with her and her niece. Also the day tomorrow.

 

 

 

Saturday, September 13, 1975

 

Partly cloudy, on the cool side. I made two pies, cake and done up my regular work. Down to Betty’s a little while. Walt working all day. Betty, Zak and I over to Denmark to Susan’s lawn sale. It was cloudy and cold. She sold some things. Kim got home about 9:30 PM. She had a very good time.



Zak


 

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