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!

Saturday, March 5, 2022

August 22 - 25, 1981

Saturday, August 22, 1981

 

Clear most of the day, hot and humid. I done up regular work. Changed beds. Swept, washed floors etc. etc. Took bath then read the Bridgton news. Got supper, I made a cake. Billie done a lot of odds and end jobs then he helped David hauled Joy’s snowblower down. He and Carmen put up the fence today. Those new beans were very good tonight.

 

 

 

Sunday, August 23, 1981

 

A very nice day, it was sunny and quite warm. I done up the work. Called at Dorothea’s. I am very worried about Dorothea. She is all wrought up, a very hard emotional strain, over tired. Cold, sore throat and that awful bad cough she has. She should have her throat checked out. Billie and Carmen hauled Carmen sawdust. Woodrow Dobbins called on Bill today.

 

 

 

Monday, August 24, 1981 Horses in field

 

Increasing cloudiness and light rain showers at times. I washed and defrosted the refrigerator. I did up the work, went up to the camp lot with Betty, Kim and Zak for a little while. Came home, ate a bite. Carmen cleaning up their wall and so she came in for a bite to eat. I watched TV in PM. Kim called and Zak.

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 25, 1981

 

Cloudy and windy with them we got up. It cleared off but very windy. I done regular work. Carmen began to clean up along the wall. Then she and I went to town and Zak.

 

 

 

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