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, June 21, 2025

September 10 - 13, 1993

Friday, September 10, 1993

 

Kind of a cloudy, quite a lot of sun. Esther went out with Susan. We cooked chicken for supper. Had shell beans etc. Good supper. Dorothea came and helped to get the supper. Carmen came and did the cleaning. I didn’t do much today. The nurse came to see Billie today.

 

 

 

Saturday, September 11, 1993

 

Kind of a cloudy day, it was Weindy, on the coolside. David came and did the cows. Carmen came and did Billie. He is still very lame in the arm. Esther did a dite of washing. Carmen done floors etc. This has been a very long day.

 

 

 

Sunday, September 12, 1993

 

Well it is cool today. Clear and sunny. Walt was up for coffee. Also David came, did the cows and Zak came later for coffee. Also Carmen came and done the chores. Well Zak is doing very well in his line of work. He likes it. I’m so glad for him. And I hope he does very well. We are waiting to go out to dinner with Esther. Cindy called on us this morning. It has been quite a long day. Billie’s arm is still bad. It was a nice supper, we had tonight for Esther. Betty Smith, Dorothea, Betty Horton, Zak, Verna, Brogan and I were the hostesses. Esther was our supper guest.

 


 



 

Monday, September 13, 1993

 

A beautiful day, it got warmed up middle of forenoon. Then we sat on the porch rest of the day. Well Esther all and ready to go all day. At about 5:30 Susan came and picked Esther up. They were going out to supper then came back to get to bed early because Esther has to leave very early in the morning, Portland airport for Florida. It was quite a summer, all in all. I’ll be glad when she gets home all okay.

 

 

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