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, February 9, 2019

March 25 - 28, 1970


Wednesday, March 25, 1970 nice and sunny

Betty had a bad day today, her back real painful. I was down there most of the day. Dolores went to her brother’s funeral at Dixfield.



Thursday, March 26, 1970 Oil

Cloudy all day. I went down to Betty’s. I went with her to do her shopping. I came home, Kim came with me for a little while. Carmen came up after school. I washed today. Betty’s back not good.



Friday, March 27, 1970

A beautiful day. I got my work done up early, down to Betty’s. We came back with the kids. Betty to a specialist for her back. Walt met her in Portland. She didn’t get much satisfaction from doctor. She called at Dorothea’s. She is facing problems with Jeff. I had Kim and Zak.



Saturday, March 28, 1970

A nice morning, but it clouded up. Bill and I to town in a.m. I didn’t do much, read all my papers etc. Betty is a little better. We called there. Billie went with Lawrence. Bill started on a birdhouse for Betty.


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