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!

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

June 20 - 23, 1979

 

Wednesday, June 20, 1979

 

This is been another nice sunny day. On the windy side. A beautiful day. I churned again about 2 pounds. I made a cake. Bill didn’t do anything. Kim called. Also Zak and Vince here for breakfast. This evening I saw Skylab again. Betty went down and got Fern. This is coming down to earth and it is orbiting the earth. Its weight is many tons.

 

 

 

Thursday, June 21, 1979

 

A quite nice day. I done up the work. Got ready, went to town. Betty washed the windows outside. I washed some on the inside. Dorothea and Lorraine came up. Dorothea’s car at the garage. They made a good long visit. I cooked a fish supper. Dorothea here for supper. Betty and Kim called.

 

 

 

Friday, June 22, 1979

 

A nice day, not too warm. I been busy. I done the dusting, washed some windows and cleaned up the house etc.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 23, 1979 Nicky Wolff (Buddy’s brother)

 

Well it was partly cloudy and some sun. Expected to get the hay but didn’t. It wasn’t quite dry enough. Earlier this morning Joy and Buddy got a phone call from the police in Houston Texas that his brother had been shot. An awful tragedy. Seems so that is what Joy is always coming up against. We all feel so bad about it. Buddy and his mother both are heart patients. Dorothea and David came up today. Zak came home with them, he has been down there since Thursday.

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