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, May 12, 2020

November 20 - 23, 1974


Wednesday, November 20, 1974 Kim’s Brownie, Esther’s birthday 62

This has been quite a rainy day. I done regular work. Ironed. Down to Betty’s in p.m. In p.m. Betty and I went to the Brownies, Kimmy took part in it. Very nice. Kim and Carmen got their rank cards today. It was very good, both of them. Bill up to Camp Encore for a little while. Esther had a nice birthday over to Susan’s.



Thursday, November 21, 1974 FIRST SNOW

Cloudy and rain and in early forenoon it turned to snow. Got about 3 inches. I done regular work. Down to Betty’s. I went to town in early p.m. In evening went down to Fern’s while they got haircuts.



Friday, November 22, 1974

Snow all over this morning. I done regular work. Down to Betty’s. In p.m. Bill took me to town.



Saturday, November 23, 1974

Cloudy but it cleared and was a nice day. Betty, Zak and I took the gray and white kitten back to the Animal Refuge League in Westbrook. He was not just right. I done some of my work before I went. Came home and finished it. Zak and Kim played in the snow. Star, the black and white cat came back. Glad she did.


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