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, May 20, 2021

September 8 -11, 1978

 

Friday, September 8, 1978

 

A very nice day. I done up the work. Susan took us to town. I was down to Betty’s a while. I watch the programs today. Bill worked on the wood all day. 1st week of school all over.

 

 

Laurie on Ebony


 

Saturday, September 9, 1978 WINDY, HENS

 

A very nice day. I done a lot of work. It has been very windy all day, on the cool side too. In the PM Billie, Carmen and I went down to Cornish and bought some pullets and some more chickens. Billie went to Norway in a.m. Bill didn’t go outside today, it was too cold.

 

 

 

Sunday, September 10, 1978

 

It was clear when we got up but it clouded up. Bill and Billie got the rest of the wood up yesterday. It was all split, piled and ready for the stove out in the cow yard. Billie is home for vacation.

 

 

 

Monday, September 11, 1978

 

Well it has been a cloudy day and showers. It rained hard at times. Bill and Billie hauled the manure out. Here and Walt’s. I went down to see Carmen’s new horse. She is going to get it built up and fat and sell it. I cooked a fowl (fresh) for supper. Kimmy up for supper. She enjoyed it. She likes school she told me all about it and enjoyed telling about it.

 

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