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, May 30, 2018

August 18 - 21, 1967


Friday, August 18, 1967 HOT AND HUMID, Christie better

I done up work, washed, defrosted refrigerator, ironed, figured etc. Kids still here. Betty back to New Hampshire with Walt. Delores called this morning. Christie better today.

A walk down thru the woods to Rogers Brook with Christie






Saturday, August 19, 1967

A nice day. I baked beans. Betty and Walt up. Betty took me to town to do my shopping. Billie and Walt washed and cleaned the cars. Bill shingled. Had a good supper. Horton’s here. I had the kids last night. Billie lame. Betty and Walt found a house they are interested in.



Sunday, August 20, 1967

Kind of cloudy, some light showers. Billie lame in his arm. We had a steak dinner. The Horton’s went for a nice long ride today. Not much company today.



Monday, August 21, 1967

I washed. A very nice day after yesterday. I made a blueberry pie. Minnie went to the hospital this morning. I called on her before she left. Kennard called in the evening.


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