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!

Saturday, January 20, 2018

March 18 - 21, 1966



Friday, March 18, 1966

A very nice mild day, sunny. I got my work done, went down to Betty’s. She and Carmen up here. Betty not too good. She and I to town after supper. Bill took them home. Aunt Ava called.



Saturday, March 19, 1966

Very mild. I got my housework done. I made custard pie, apple pie, brownie, rolls and beans. Washed kitchen floor. Betty, Carmen up. Fern up for supper.



Sunday, March 20, 1966

Cloudy. Another one of those dreary weekends. Cloudy and gray all weekend. Betty and Carmen up here for breakfast and supper. Dot, Kennie called and Fern, Lloyd and Bob. Had a boiled ham supper. Mike called Betty again tonight after she got home. An encouraging conversation. Said he would call her again tomorrow. He has a job.



Monday, March 5, 1966

A nice mild day. I washed, clothes dried good. I got them in. Betty and Carmen up here for supper. I done my ironing after supper. Bill and I took them home. Mike called her again tonight. Betty is pleased to think he seems interested in their lives again. Aunt Ava entered Maine Medical Center today.


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