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!

Monday, May 7, 2018

May 18 - 21, 1967


Thursday, May 18, 1967

Another cloudy miserable day. I cleaned the back porch. Carmen helped. She and I picked some dandelions greens and parsnips. Billie up and got his hair cut. Carmen outside all day with Christie.



Friday, May 19, 1967

Cloudy and rained most all day. Dorothea and Kim, Betty and I to Lewiston. I got my corselets in Lewiston. Came home. It cleared off. A man came to see about the cellar. 


Sunday, May 20, 1967

A nice day, quite warm. Betty, Carmen and I went to Portland. I got two new dresses. Betty got some things for the children. Came home, had supper. Betty down to her house and stayed all night. Met Walt for first time. I say he is just as nice as Betty says he is.



Sunday, May 21, 1967

A nice day, real warm. I got up, done up my work. Got a roast in for dinner. Picked some dandelions. Went up to the new house. Dawn and friend called. Fern, Lloyd called. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford called. Keith came, hauled the rubbish off. The Dave Thomas family called. Here for dinner. Betty, Dave, and Dorothea cleaned the cars. Took Betty home. Fern and Lloyd went then we had sandwiches at their house.



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