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, July 15, 2019

Novembber 22 - 24, 1971 Fern Better


Monday, November 22, 1971

A beautiful day. Betty and I to Portland. Bill stayed with Carmen (home with a cold) and Kim. Kim to school in PM. Betty had to take Zak to doctors for a checkup. We went to Zayre’s. Betty got Walt a beautiful sports jacket and pants. Came home about 3:30. Got supper. Down to see Fern. She has improved a lot.



Tuesday, November 23, 1971 Very cold and windy, FERN BETTER



A nice clear beautiful day, but very cold and windy. I washed, clothes dried good. I done up regular work early. Down to Betty’s while she took Carmen to school to see her teacher. Came home, made graham nut bread, cupcakes and a pie. In p.m. Bill and I took a long ride over in around Fryeburg, Denmark and Brownfield. Old back roads. Kim up for supper. In evening down to hospital to see Fern. She looks very good. She was told by the doctors she would be home Friday. Es and Cliff here in evening. Bill worked at Gordon’s in a.m.



Wednesday, November 24, 1971

A pretty nice day. I did regular work. Did my cooking. Cleaned up the house. Zak came up for a little while today. Betty came for him in time to go home for his nap. He has a cold. In evening down to hospital to see Fern, a big improvement.




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