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, October 9, 2020

May 20 - 23, 1976

Thursday, May 20, 1976 RAIN

 

Another rainy miserable day. I didn’t do much today. A few odds and end jobs. Betty went away in p.m. Was late getting home. A late appointment. She brought home some very nice portraits of she and her two daughters. Carmen got supper tonight. Bill didn’t do anything again today.

 

 

 

Friday, May 21, 1976

 

It was sunny when we got up. I done my regular work. I washed, dried them at Betty’s. We saw the colt playing and running. He is very cunning. Betty, Fern and I went down to Windham and Standish today. Had bad rain showers.

 

 

 

Saturday, May 22, 1976 a much better day

 

There has been more sunshine today. It wasn’t too warm and we had a very slight rain. I done up my regular work. I helped Kim, we cooked. I washed, ironed and mended. Went to town. Billie went with Lawrence. Walt worked most all day.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 23, 1976 Cloudy

 

Another cloudy gray miserable day. I done my regular work. I washed, ironed and mended. I got some reading done. No one here today except Carmen dropped in late p.m. Cliff dug up his septic tank today, they are going to get it pumped out. Bill over to help them locate it.

 

 

 

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