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!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

March 25 - 29, 1971


Thursday, March 25, 1971
Done regular work. Washed some windows, dusted etc. Nice day.



Friday, March 26, 1971

Kim to school. I went shopping with Betty today.



Saturday, March 27, 1971

Billie, Es, Cliff, Billie and I went down to get some butter. Esther’s folks enjoy the ride very much. I made some rolls today.



Sunday, March 28, 1971

Clear, sunny day. Done up regular work. Bill and I took a ride. Down to Westbrook and would have called at Dorothea’s but they had company. We came back to Windham, drove over to Auburn, home through Mechanic Falls and Naples.





Monday, March 29, 1971

I washed down to Betty’s while she took Kim to school. We moved the kids upstairs to sleep.



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