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!

Thursday, March 31, 2016

October 12 - 14, 1958



Sunday, October 12, 1958

A very nice pretty day but awful cold and windy. Kennard, Delores and I went for a ride over through East Stoneham to Cushman Pond, and over to Lake Kezar Pond for cranberries.



Monday, October 13, 1958

A nice day but cold. I washed, churned. Took some colored snaps in the morning.









Tuesday, October 14, 1958

Another nice day but cold. I cleaned up the house, cooked a little. Miss Kalwall called. I can have a baby to board. She is coming to see me. Betty up to Delores in eve. Billie and I called. Very cold last night.


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