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, August 15, 2018

May 26 - 29, 1968


Sunday, May 26, 1968

A cloudy windy day, some rain. Bill worked on the flower bed. Billie done regular chores and painted some more of his fence. I got supper. Fern Lloyd called. Also Dorothea and family here.



Monday, May 27, 1968

A nice day. I washed, done a lot of other things to get prepared for going away Wednesday. After supper Bill and I went up to Sweden, got some plants and went to the Cemetery.



Tuesday, May 28, 1968

A nice day, clear sunny and warm. I went to town in a.m. and got some last-minute things. Came home, did some odds and end jobs and got ready and went over to June’s, got a permanent. Called at Minnie’s a minute.



Wednesday, May 29, 1968

It was sunny this morning when I got up. I washed, done up regular work, took a bath, got my things together to go to Betty’s and will leave there tomorrow for Ohio for Susan’s graduation. Christie isn’t very happy, she knows I’m going somewhere. Left here about 12:30, got up to Betty’s about 2:30 PM. Got up there and then an awful shower came.

Our bedroom in Concord NH

Carmen's bed



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