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, September 29, 2018

November 2 - 5, 1968



Saturday, November 2, 1968

We didn’t get to bed very early last night and Carmen had a bad asthma attack in the night. I baked beans. We did up regular work, I made some bread and rolls.



Sunday, November 3, 1968

A nice sunny day. Billie worked for Lawrence hauling dressing. He hauled some up here. I cooked a boiled dinner. Betty and Walt over to Aunt Ava’s. Dorothea, Dave and Jeff came. All were here for dinner. Carmen had asthma troubles again last night.



Monday, November 4, 1968

A nice day. Betty, Kim, Walt and I all went over and called on Joy and family at Topsham. They have a beautiful home. We had a very nice time. Called at Dorothea’s on the way home. Her house looks so nice. Fern came up and stayed with Carmen. She is having asthma trouble. Carmen was very bad last night with asthma. Couldn’t sleep or lay down.





Tuesday, November 5, 1968

A nice clear day, on the cool side. Betty, Walt and kids here. Today was election day. Walt took me down to vote. Betty and kids stayed here today and Walt went home. Betty and I went down and done washing after supper.





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