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, December 10, 2018

August 2 - 5, 1969

Saturday, August 2, 1969

A very nice day, on the hot side. It seemed good to have the sun drying things out. My leg is about the same.



Sunday, August 3, 1969

Partly cloudy today. Betty and Betty S did up the work. We cooked a turkey dinner. Bill and Billie picked peas and beans. Walt, Betty, kids, Betty S and I all took a nice ride up to Little Moose Pond. We went in the truck. While we were gone got a call from Dorothea. She was very upset. Jeff is not getting along with Sue and is quite upset.



Monday, August 4, 1969 RAIN

An awful rainy day. We just did the work. Betty and Milan down town, also over to her sisters. Betty stayed over. My leg is better. Quite upset about Jeff after the phone call yesterday.



Tuesday, August 5, 1969

It didn’t rain quite as much today. We did up the work. My leg is better. Betty did a little washing. Milan went over to Fryeburg to get Betty. She stayed at her sisters overnight. It rained awfully hard all night.

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