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, March 29, 2021

February 22 - 24, 1978

Wednesday, February 22, 1978 Washington’s Birthday

 

Bill has a cold. It has been a quite nice day. Billie home again, no more work for a while. He, Bill and Carmen went ice fishing down to Bowdoinham. Carmen enjoyed it all very much. They got a lot of smelts. Zak went home. Kim came up for a little while in PM. She and I worked on puzzle. I was here all afternoon and evening alone.

 

 

 

Thursday, February 23, 1978

 

It has been quite a nice day. I been busy, helped to clean the smelts. Fern called Betty. Lawyer Lane was there to talk to Fern about some legal business. It was quite astonishing what he told her. She is going to take care of her belongings.

 

Susan and her new wood stove

 

 

 

 

Friday, February 24, 1978

 

Billie not working. A quite nice day. I done my regular work. Zak and Carmen up for breakfast. Carmen and Zak went home. Betty had coffee group meeting at her house today. Zak and Kimmy played with the kids the came to the coffee group. Bill’s cold about the same. Billie went to Norway, looked at tractors, got grain, called on Lloyd. He called at Fern’s. Also Betty and I called there. We talked about Fern’s personal problems, such as what to do with her personal belongings. Carmen up tonight to stay all night. Lloyd about the same.

 

 

 

 

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