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, May 13, 2025

April 14 - 17, 1993

 

Wednesday, April 14, 1993

 

It was cloudy in a.m., very nice and sunny in p.m. Carmen came and got some things done. She had a customer. She brought Cameron and he was here while Carmen, Betty and Arnold worked in the barn. She came back, got the supper to going. Went down there again. Cam was here while she was down there. Dorothea called in evening. Carmen had such a good supper, a pot roast. It was a warm day. Sunny in late a.m. and p.m.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 15, 1993

 

It was cooler in the morning when we got up. Carmen came early, she made a pie. Also made my bed and swept. Then went down to Betty’s to work on the barn. I read the papers etc.

 

 

 

Friday, April 16, 1993

 

Well this has been a rainy day. Miserable day. I done my regular work. I did some work at the desk. We had Cameron for a long visit. He is the cutest little cudder. In p.m. Dorothea got the supper. We watched TV shows in p.m.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 17, 1993

 

Rained hard. David down for coffee and made a good visit. Dorothea came and done the cleaning. It looks very nice as it always does when they get done. Betty is lame today with her back. I took my bath very early. I didn’t do much today as usual. Susan dropped in for a little while. She looks very nice after her haircut.

 

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