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, July 30, 2024

June 14 - 17, 1990

 

Thursday, June 14, 1990

 

Beautiful sun when we got up this morning. Thinking of Zack. I hope things go along okay today for him. He has a job to go to now. Zak got home today and got his clothes, got things taken care of at the National Guard over to Norway. He had a good steak supper at Betty and Walt’s. We was very glad to see him, he likes his job and is pleased to be earning money. I hope all goes well with him. He done all of it on his own. Zack left to go back at about 7:30 PM. I hope and pray he has very good luck.

 

 

 

Friday, June 15, 1990

 

Been thinking of Zack today. Hope everything is okay for him. He is back to work in Vermont. I been doing odd and end jobs today. Carmen came and got the supper. I sent Esther’s letter today.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 16, 1990

 

It was foggy but it cleared away and a quite hot day. I didn’t do much except the work. I got rest of the B news read. Betty came up and brought up beans and good hot biscuits she made. Got the supper and washed the dishes and swept the floors. Walt kind of sick, something he ate. We saw by the paper Bill Walker died June 5. Brogan over to her father’s this weekend.

 

 

 

Sunday, June 17, 1990 Father’s Day

 

I did the ironing this morning. It was foggy when we got up, then it cleared away and sunny. We went up to camp for the first time for the day. Betty, Walt, Betty Smith, Tom, Charlene, Carmen, Brogan later Kim, Tom and Bree, they brought Cassie. Also later Zack came. He didn’t get in on the conservation at all. Had a nice day, they could go in swimming. Little Lassie got pushed in.

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