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, October 3, 2023

May 31 - June 2, 1987

 

Sunday, May 31, 1987 Brogan’s first swim up to Stearns Pond

 

Hotter. Every day it seems to get hotter. Didn’t get up too early, not till 7:30. Got the breakfast and done up regular work. Carmen came about 10:30. She done the cleaning. She and I took Brogan up to the camp, Twin Oaks, for the first time. She liked it very much. She had a good time in the water. She wasn’t one least bit afraid. Betty and Walt entertained Kay and Phil. Kay is fair. Milan called. Carmen and Brogan. It has been a nice summer day, very hot. Had thundershowers all over the state.

 


 

 

Monday, June 1, 1987

 

A fair day, some clouds and sunny in p.m. I did the washing. Bill out over to Carmen’s, the well drilling machine was there. Billie and Milan over to Dr. Goldenhar’s today. I cooked a roast of pork for supper. Made a chocolate pudding and Jell-O.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 2, 1987 cloudy, DRILLED THE WELL

 

Today they drilled the well at Carmen’s. Bill and Milan was there. Betty and I went over and Carmen and Brogan was there. Also Walt had to be there. Betty came home, cleaned the apartment and top of her barn. Dorothea still cleaning house. I talked with Kim tonight. She seemed a little quiet. I did my ironing today. A big one.

 

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