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!

Saturday, March 20, 2021

January 17 - 20, 1978

 

Tuesday, January 17, 1978

 

Today Betty, Kim and I went to Portland. Kim went to the dentist. Betty did a dite of shopping. A quite nice day, it clouded up.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 18, 1978 NO SCHOOL

 

A bad storm. No school. I made a big blunder here. I didn’t write in it when I should. Carmen and Kim called in late PM, Kim and Betty called. I made some donuts. It has been a bad storm.

 



 

 

 

 

Thursday, January 19, 1978

 

A partly clear day, it clouded up some in PM. I washed, went down to Betty’s in a.m. then to town in PM. Susan took Delores and I. Done the shopping. Fern down to Betty’s in PM and for supper. I ironed in PM.

 

 

 

Friday, January 20, 1978

 

A real typical winter blizzard. It began snowing here about noon. It got real bad and snow came fast. The schools were closed at noon in many places, SAD 61 included. Carmen, Kim and Zak home in PM. Zak has come up here to stay all night and tomorrow. It has been blowing hard and a fast snow accumulation.

 

 

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