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, May 29, 2021

October 12 - 15, 1978

 

Thursday, October 12, 1978 KIM TO PORTLAND TEETH

 

It has been mostly cloudy all day, but no rain. I done my work, down to Betty’s to stay with Zak while he was waiting for the bus. Betty took Kimmy to Portland to the orthodontist. I came home, went to town with Susan then went back to Betty’s but we didn’t get much cleaning done. Betty’s well went dry today.

 

 

 

Friday, October 13, 1978

 

Today I worked at Betty’s. We done dining room, rest of the porch and the kitchen. Bill worked out in the barn digging up the floor. Tonight Carmen went to a (blank) meeting to get ready for the homecoming parade.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 14, 1978

 

It has been raining good today. I hope it will help in the wells. I done my regular Saturday work. Bill worked at Walt’s a little while. I went down town with Betty for a short time. Not very cold.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 15, 1978

 

It has cleared off, we had quite a nice rain yesterday. I washed this morning. I cooked a chicken dinner and got clothes in and done ironing. Also other jobs.

 

 

 

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