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 8, 2016

October 22 - 25, 1961



Sunday, October 22, 1961

A nice day. Cold and windy. Billie got the dressing all hauled out. Albert Graham loaded. In p.m. Peg Diller and Hazel C (?) called with the photos.



Monday, October 23, 1961

A nice day, on the cool windy side. Some cloudy. I washed. Betty rode phantom. I churned. Blanche called in p.m.



Tuesday, October 24, 1961 Pig went

Beautiful day. I made squash pie. Did my ironing etc. Betty to Pownal at Pineland Training Center for a physical. Gone all day. Blanche and Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. I got Betty and Mike’s wedding pictures.



Wednesday, October 25, 1961

A beautiful day. I washed a few things. Yellow cat sick. Betty rode the horse in p.m. Blanche called in p.m.
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