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 19, 2015

November 27 - December 2 , 1954



Saturday, November 27, 1954

Bill hunted in forenoon, helped Billie in barn cellar in p.m. He and I went to town, took
Kail home.



Sunday, November 28, 1954

Bill and Billie worked in barn cellar. Put paper on back of barn. I did work. Got dinner. Nice day, cold. Fern and Lloyd up in p.m. Billie and I went over to Aunt Ava’s for eggs in eve.



Monday, November 29, 1954

Snowed a heavy wet snow all day. Got the washing done early. Did up rest of housework. Began on the Sears Christmas order.



Tuesday, November 30, 1954

Churned, ironed, worked on Christmas order. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis here for afternoon, supper and evening.



Wednesday, December 1, 1954

Did up the housework. Got Bill ready to go to Mass. Charlie took him to Portland to meet the bus. Stayed tonight at Brud and Verna’s.



Thursday, December 2, 1954

Cooked some. Bill got back home from Lahey Clinic about 5 tonight.



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