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!

Thursday, November 28, 2019

April 4 - 6, 1973


Wednesday, April 4, 1973

Cloudy. We haven’t seen the sun since last Tuesday. What a miserable weather, cloudy, rain, snow and a mess. I went down to Betty’s. We cleaned her shed chamber. Today they have decided to take Jean to Portland Maine Medical Center for test.



Thursday, April 5, 1973 No School, a Bad Snow Storm

This morning when we got up what a mess, snow, the trees were heavy. All phone and light wires were heavy with a lot of snow. Schools were called off. I went down to Betty’s today, we done the bureaus and the closets upstairs. In the night last night the electric power went off. Betty got her chickens in. Today the power went off too. Gordon up today. He and Billie done some measuring for a cellar door to go downstairs to build a bedroom down there. But couldn’t get the right height. We may build one outside on the end of the house. It cleared off some about supper.


Friday, April 6, 1973

What a mess. This was an awful looking day, snow melted a lot though. Kids back-to-school. I called at Betty’s but didn’t stop. Bill and I to town. I washed, ironed, washed windows, did a dite of cooking. Busy all day, watched a few programs. Gordon and Sal brought Jean to their home today from Hicks Nursing Home. She isn’t at all good. Betty off somewhere today.

Freya



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