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, November 12, 2020

September 21 - 24, 1974

Tuesday, September 21, 1976

 

Bill worked on the storage shed. I was down to Betty’s a while in the morning. Dawn came up. She and Betty set out plans, cleaned up around the house, weeded, trimmed etc. In p.m. I ironed and did a dite of wash.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 22, 1976

 

Down to Betty’s in p.m. In a.m. I washed. Bill finished boarding his storage shed. Betty to coffee group meeting in a.m.

 

 

 

Thursday, September 23, 1976 Fair, on the cool side

 

Down to Betty’s all day doing jobs. In evening I went down to Fern’s with Betty and Esther. Kim and Carmen up after school. Kim up here for supper. Bill didn’t do much here today. He mowed Betty’s lawns. It was very cold this morning. Ford and Carter debate tonight. It was very interesting.

 

 

 

Friday, September 24, 1976

 

A quite nice day, sunny and clear. I went down to Betty’s early, we got ready and went to town shopping. Dawn up to Betty’s in p.m. I washed, ironed, made a Loganberry pie and molasses cookies. Zak up here to stay all night after supper. Billie down to Betty’s for a spaghetti supper. Walt begins his vacation tonight.

 

 

 

 

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