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!

Friday, January 17, 2020

September 29 - October 2, 1973


Saturday, September 29, 1973

A nice day. I done regular work. Baked beans, made bread and rolls. In a.m. Esther and I went to Norway. Betty and Walt rode horseback. Bill and Billie took down ours and Lloyd’s back porch canopy.



Sunday, September 30, 1973

A beautiful day, on the windy side. I done regular work, did a dite of washing. Billie got the livers back this morning. The weight of the cattle (446 lbs Bill’s, 431 lbs Bill’s, 368 lbs Walt’s).






 Monday, October 1, 1973

Took Lloyd to the Maine Medical Center for x-rays etc. Betty and Esther took he and Fern down. I had Zak for the day.



Tuesday, October 2, 1973

A nice day. Betty, Bill, Zak and I all went to Fryeburg Fair. It was a very nice day and we all enjoyed it.



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