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, December 22, 2016

December 15 - 18, 1961



Friday, December 15, 1961

I did a big wash. Cleaned up the house. Betty to town to work. I made some plans for Christmas. Got a Christmas card and gift of $10 from Jean.



Saturday, December 16, 1961

Cold cold cold. I did a little cooking. Betty had a couple of kids here in p.m. In evening she went away, very late getting home. Billie up to Redfield’s place for steamed clam supper. I ironed.


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Sunday, December 17, 1961

Stormy. Rain and snow mixed. A lot of callers. Fern and Lloyd, Kennard and Dot, Blanche, Bob and others. Bill worked a couple hours tonight. Cold. 




Monday, December 18, 1961

Still storming. I did another big wash and churned.



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