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, January 30, 2020

November 17 - 20, 1973


Saturday, November 17, 1973

A nice clear day but awful cold. Kim up here for the day. Stanley called.
Tatum





Sunday, November 18, 1973

A nice mild day. I washed, ironed, washed windows, did work etc. Bill helped with the windows. Betty’s kids all have colds and life is miserable sometimes when they get sick. They went to Sunday school. Had a Thanksgiving play. Betty don’t feel too good. Billie gone with Lawrence.



Monday, November 19, 1973

Up early, got the work done up and we went to Portland to do grocery shopping and Betty did rest of her Christmas shopping. Dorothea went in with us. She is still quite lame. Stanley left today for Connecticut. Bill worked at Betty’s.





Tuesday, November 20, 1973

A very nice sunny day. I been cleaning up the house, getting ready to do a little cooking for Thanksgiving. I went down to Betty’s and helped to wrap some more Christmas gifts. Bill down to see Lloyd. He fixed their front door for them. Charlie and Irma called there. Lloyd’s foot is swelling quite a lot.



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