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, June 2, 2018

August 30 - September 2, 1967




Wednesday, August 30, 1967 Started garage

A beautiful day. I got my work done, took care of kids. Gordon came up, fixed or put doorknob on front door, hung the back screen door. Came back after supper, started garage. Betty didn’t come or call today.



Thursday, August 31, 1967

I washed. Gordon came up this afternoon and started the breezeway, got a lot done. Betty and Walt came from New Hampshire. They went to Norway to do some shopping. Bought Billie a nice AM/FM radio. Aunt Ava called.



Friday, September 1, 1967

Walt back to work. I done a lot of work today because I didn’t have the kids. I went to town in evening. Bill took me.



Saturday, September 2, 1967

Cold and windy. I got up early, did my cooking. Billie and I to town. Came home, got Bill’s dinner. I went to Portland with Betty and Walt. They got shoes for the two girls, also got me a pair. Came home, got supper of baked beans.

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