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, January 27, 2020

November 5 - 8, 1973


Monday, November 5, 1973 Bill worked

A nice day, cold and windy. I did my wash. We went to town and Naples in p.m. Bill worked at Betty’s. Fern went to Portland with Irma. Lloyd better.



Tuesday, November 6, 1973

Cloudy and very cold, some sunshine. I done regular work, went down to Betty’s. We looked at Christmas catalogs while Zachary was in school. In afternoon I went to North Conway with Esther and Betty. Bill worked at Betty’s some, it was so cold. Snow flurries up in the mountains. Fern didn’t go to Portland today.



Wednesday, November 7, 1973

A nice day, on the very cool side with a dite of wind. I done my work up early, went down to Betty’s to stay with Zak. She drove Fern to Portland to see Lloyd. He may be home by last of this week. I washed and ironed while down to Betty’s. Bill began the wiring of the barn. I had to help Bill get the wires pulled through the tube. Kim had company after school. Carmen rode Ebony.



Thursday, November 8, 1973

A cloudy day, on the cool side. I done my work up early and went down to Betty’s. We took Zak to school and looked over the Christmas books. In p.m. went to Lisbon Falls Maine and bought a desk for Dorothea and David’s Christmas.

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