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!

Sunday, March 13, 2022

September 21 - 24, 1981

Monday, September 21, 1981

 

VERY HEAVY RAIN in late PM and this evening. It was quite nice during most of the day. Dorothea came and got her paneling.

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 22, 1981 PERMANENT

It has been a very HEAVY RAIN all day. I done up my work then I went to Barbara’s and got a permanent. I came home and done a few odd and end jobs and watch the afternoon programs. It rained very very hard and real heavy at times all night.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 23, 1981 Billie and Howard up to New Vineyard

 

A very heavy rain all day. I done up regular work. Done some odds and end jobs. Billie up early and went up to New Vineyard with Howard Millett looking for cattle. It rained very hard all day. They got lost quite a few times. I watched TV in PM.

 

 

 

Thursday, September 24, 1981

 

Another day of rain, heavy at times. I done up my work and got ready and went to town with Betty. She came up and we moved the jugs out of the cellar, also other things where Bill is tearing out the room down there. David called. He has a bad chin and arm and leg, very lame. He slipped on the cow ramp carrying two pails of water. He cut his chin on a rock, had about 12 stitches taken in it.

 

 

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