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 20, 2020

October 10 - 13, 1973


Wednesday, October 10, 1973

Cloudy and a little light rain. I done regular work. Betty and Milan down town. Fern to Portland. Fairly late getting home. Milan and Betty down to Betty’s for supper. Called at Kennard’s today. Lloyd better tonight.



Thursday, October 11, 1973 Milan, Betty and family left

Milan, Betty, Norma and Regina left to go back to Connecticut this morning. Norma hated to go so bad. Betty and I went to Portland to see Lloyd. His mind is still not too good. He is very confused. We brought Fern home. Didn’t get home too early.

Norma and Regina




Friday, October 12, 1973

A good sunny and mild day. I washed. Zak here all day. Betty took Fern to Portland. Lloyd not any better. His operation is coming okay. Pres. Nixon appointed Sen. Ford for vice president. I went to town shopping.



Sunday, October 13, 1973

A nice day. I dite on the windy side. I baked beans. Did a dite of cooking. Betty took Fern to Portland. Walt home with Carmen and Zak. Kim up here for the day. Lloyd not at all good and early this evening he had a very bad spell.

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