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!

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

June 17 - 20, 1978

 

Saturday, June 17, 1978 Donny gone

 

 

 

A quite nice day. Billie got the barn ready for haying. Bill worked in the garden. I done my regular Saturday work. Kim called. Zak called and Carmen. She told me about her visit at Donny’s yesterday. They worked at the shelter most all day. Donald Levine went away today to work for the summer at Moose Cove Lodge in Sebago.

 

 

 

Sunday, June 18, 1978 steer went, Cindy got a new bike

 

All in all a quite nice day, just a small sprinkle of rain. They got a lot done up at the shelter. Billie went with Lawrence and Keith. Dorothea and Dave called little while. Betty and Walt late in the evening. I done regular work, went up to Joy’s to see Cindy get her new bike. Also went up to the shelter and Dawn’s. The steer went today. They got quite a lot done at the shelter.

 

 

 

Monday, June 19, 1978

 

It was sunny in a.m., I did a wash. They dried. The late PM it began to cloud up and a East wind came in and it got cloudy and showery. We had thundershowers in evening. One bolt of lightning came and we saw the light go through the room. Our lights went out in our bedroom. They worked at Dawn’s today. Bill and I went to town today.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 20, 1978

 

A very miserable dreary day. It is so disgusting this weather. Dorothea came up. She, Fern, Kim, Zak and I went to see Lloyd. Lloyd is just the same. Not any worse. In PM Dorothea came home. The rain came and we talked a while then she and Dorothea went up to Joy’s and made a visit. Than Dorothea came back for supper. She enjoys it so much when she can sit and relax. Betty, Dawn and kids worked up to the lot. They started the garage building for Dawn to use for storage.

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