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 15, 2018

September 11 - 14, 1968


Wednesday, September 11, 1968

Heavy rain today. It is needed, the wells are low, gardens and lawns dry. Also the woods are dry. I done regular work. Called Betty. Washed some windows, made a chocolate pie. Joy called. In evening tonight we had a thunderstorm, lightning, thunder, very heavy rain and moon and stars shining all at the same time. Keith Bryant called to see Billie tonight.



Thursday, September 12, 1968

It was clear when we got up. It soon clouded up. It rained hard and got cold. It was mild all morning. I worked at Dorothy’s. Howard Conant died late yesterday p.m. Dorothea and Jeff up here tonight after supper to see about going to the funeral tomorrow. Also came to see Barbara.



Friday, September 13, 1968

A partly cloudy day. I went down to Dearborn’s, done up the work. Came home. Dorothea and Jeff here. We got ready, went to Howard’s funeral. Jeff down to Fern’s during the funeral. Came home, Dorothea and Jeff here for supper. Had steak, vegetables in season. Billie took me to town. The Stanford boys called and Randy. We enjoyed Dorothea and Jeff being here very much. Joy called in PM.



Saturday, September 14, 1968

Another nice day. I made a pie, rolls and bread. Baked beans. Billie up to Chet’s working. Bill and I over to Brownfield in p.m. for a ride. Came home through Fryeburg. Got Fern. She was here for supper.

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