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, July 30, 2018

April 4 - 7, 1968


Thursday, April 4, 1968

Showery day. I finished my sandpapering. Bill varnished rest of the kitchen tonight. Dr. Martin Luther King, a great Negro hero and leader was shot tonight in Memphis Tennessee. No one called today.



Friday, April 5, 1968

A cloudy windy day. It was 55° above when we got up this morning. I done a lot of sanding and also some varnishing. Bill varnished in evening. Talked with Betty twice, they came tonight, staying at Ferns.



Saturday, April 6, 1968

A beautiful day. I got up, got myself ready and Carmen. We went to Portland with Betty and Walt. Walt went to the University of Maine library in Portland. Fern went and she got new shoes. We called at Dorothea’s on way home. Jeff joined the (?) Peblos Club in Portland.



Sunday, April 7, 1968

A very nice day. Carmen had asthma when she got up. Had to take her to Ferns. They got ready and went back early. Bill varnished all day. Billie gone with Lawrence. I sanded all the woodwork.


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