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, June 13, 2017

October 29 - November 1, 1963 Lots of Rain



Tuesday, October 29, 1963 RAIN RAIN RAIN

It rained all night and most of the day. High winds especially along the coast. The fringe of hurricane Ginny. I done my work. Carmen passed the metal in her bowel movement this morning. What a relief that was. I worked.



Wednesday, October 30, 1963

What a horrible day. Cold rain, blustery winds. Very high snow blowing and got about 3 inches. Betty and Blanche up to New Hampshire to order pictures of Carmen. I worked tonight. Lloyd took me to work today.




Thursday, October 31, 1963

A beautiful day. I got supper prepared, went to work. Bonnie up here tonight.



Friday, November 1, 1963

RAIN RAIN. Good old rain coming down all day. Didn’t do much today. Went to work at three. Betty got letter from Mike.


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