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, February 10, 2020

December 27 - 29, 1973


Thursday, December 27, 1973

Cloudy, stormy. I didn’t do much. Down to Betty’s. Zak has a cold coming on. Betty looking for some negatives.



Friday, December 28, 1973

A nice day. That is it cleared off. I done a lot of odds and end jobs. Kim came up early. She had breakfast with us. She played nice and quiet all day. She enjoyed herself a lot. I went down to Betty’s in p.m. while Betty took Carmen down to Maureen Mumm’s for the night. Zak has a bad cold. Cathy Smith been down to Kennard’s. She played with Carmen. Delores had a respiratory problem. She borrowed Betty’s humidifier.



Saturday, December 29, 1973

A beautiful day, sunny. I did regular work. Played a game of Kimmy. She went home tonight after supper. I did a big wash. Billie went to Wells with Lawrence. Bill over to Fryeburg with Walt and Betty looking at a truck and snow plow. Carmen came home tonight. Esther and Cliff down to Betty’s for supper.
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