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, December 19, 2016

December 4 - 6, 1961





Monday, December 4, 1961

Clear and nice in a.m. Clouded up in p.m. Betty done the decorating outside today. We got the Christmas tree up tonight from the woods. Blanche came home from HOSPITAL. Pig went tonight. Cow bred tonight. Bill started his weeks vacation tonight.



Tuesday, December 5, 1961

Betty and I did a big ironing. I called to see Blanche. She is pretty good. Cloudy and rainy. Cleared in p.m. Bill worked on Betty’s TV.



Wednesday, December 6, 1961

Fair, warm. I done up the work, finished backing the Christmas cards. Betty to Lewiston this p.m. with Molly and Janet Paine and Dot Wells. Holly and her infant son, Steve Lyons Jr called in p.m.


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