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!

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

March 10 - 13, 1965



Wednesday, March 10, 1965

A nice day, partly cloudy. I did a dite of cooking, got my clothes in and done my ironing. Called over to Aunt Ava’s and Uncle Lewis’s in evening. Billie and I. Mike went to Portland tonight. Mrs. Parker called.



Thursday, March 11, 1965

A very nice typical March day. Raw wind, bright sunshine. I done up my work. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis over here today and spent the day. They seemed to have had a good time. Kristie is better this week and eating good. Fern, Lloyd called.



Friday, March 12, 1965

Worked on my quilt today. Bill and I to town at night. A nice day, on the cool side.



Saturday, March 13, 1965

I done regular work and some cooking. Billie, Carmen and I to Fryeburg. Fern up for supper.

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