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, November 29, 2016

September 19 - 22, 1961



Tuesday, September 19, 1961

A nice day, on the cool side. I ironed. Betty around home most all day. Went for a ride in late p.m. Rowena called in evening.



Wednesday, September 20, 1961 Warmer

Blanche took Betty and me to Portland. Also Dot went with us and took her TV into Sears. We had a nice trip. We are now going to make plans for her and Mike’s wedding. Hurricane Esther is coming toward the New England coast.



Thursday, September 21, 1961

Cloudy in a.m. with wind and rain beginning. Hurricane Esther is expected today. Billie and Lloyd cut up a quarter of the beef today.



Friday, September 22, 1961

Cleared off nice today. Billie, Lloyd cut more beef. I was busy all day. In evening Bill and I to town. Called at Blanche’s. Bill got his hair cut. Betty downtown tonight. The veterinarian came to see Phantom tonight. She has hives.


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