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, April 29, 2023

November 7 - 10, 1985

 

Thursday, November 7, 1985

 

At last sunshine today. It looks good, we had a good rain. The brooks are running again. Bill over to Carmen and Kim’s today. Billie down to help Milan and helped do some more shelves. Bill took me to town this morning to shop.

 

 

 

Friday, November 8, 1985

 

Today Billie, Betty, Carmen and Bill Bugsby hauled hay and bedding for Carmen. Also Betty got some bedding. Bill and I went over to the landing. Kim was working. I done up the housework, watched the soaps. Billie in and out, he called Butch. He won’t be able to bring the cattle till Sunday morning.

 

 

 

Saturday, November 9, 1985

 

A quite nice day but it got cloudy in PM and early evening it rained and during most of the night. I been busy all day, cleaned up the house. Made cookies, beans were good. Carmen and Milan called today.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 10, 1985 HEIFERS CAME

 

Billie had two Durham heifers come today, he got one from David, one from Gordon Week’s. Kim called for breakfast this morning. Milan called a little later. Betty Smith called also Walt came, had coffee. Carmen called, she is sick with asthma. They hauled some wood today. Kim going to dance with Eddie tonight.

 

 

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