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!

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

December 6 - 9, 1973


Thursday, December 6, 1973 Bill worked

A very nice day. It cleared off last night. I went to town with Betty. In p.m. we did Fern’s shopping. I came home and washed. Today I paid $200 to the Lahey clinic. Bill called Reece again tonight about Jack. He hadn’t heard from him.




Friday, December 7, 1973 A nice sunny day

Bill worked. I had Zak while Betty took Fern, Lloyd and Esther to Portland for Lloyd’s check up. It was favorable. A nice sunny day.



Saturday, December 8, 1973

Bill worked. He got home a little early. No pay. Kim up today. It was quite cold. Kind of hazy, some sunshine. I made cake and bread. Straightened my desk and figured all the bills.



Sunday, December 9, 1973

Our first SNOW. This morning it snow a very slight cover. It soon turned to rain. I done my Christmas cards. Billie gone with Lawrence. Keith Bryant called.


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