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!

Monday, February 15, 2016

April 1 - 4, 1958



Tuesday, April 1, 1958

Letter from D&D. Another mean day. Got my work done, got the clothes in. Kennard called. I put puzzle together. Over to Aunt Linnie’s in eve. She had gone down to Casco.



Wednesday, April 2, 1958

This morning an awful wind, a regular Northeast snowstorm. I cooked, ironed, done up my regular work. Bill home. He got a grindstone from Gordon. He and Billie began in the tie up. Kennard called, also Raymond.



Thursday, April 3, 1958

Cloudy, not too warm. I cleaned up the house. Billie picked up outside some. Bill back to work. Betty rode with Evelyn again this morning.



Friday, April 4, 1958

A very nice day. Sun was shining when we got up this morning. About 10:30 Milan’s family came in a brand-new Ford. Instead of Billie, Milan took me to Pineland Training School to see Donald Ayres. He was good. Dawn got her chicks. Raymond called in evening.

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