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, October 10, 2022

November 18 - 21, 1983

 

Friday, November 18, 1983

 

A nice sunny day. I got my work done up very early and at 9 AM Betty and Carmen came and we went and got Fern and went to the mall at South Portland. We went over the old part and the new. We bought some things. We didn’t leave until about 6:30 or seven then came to North Windham and did some grocery shopping there then got home at about 8:30.

 

 

 

Saturday, November 19, 1983

 

A very nice sunny day. I done up the regular work, washed floors and made bread. Down to Betty’s in PM and watched the shows or soaps she taped. I made bread instead of rolls. Betty and Walt and Zak worked on their shed.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 20, 1983

 

A nice program on TV of Pres. Kennedy’s funeral of 20 years ago. It was a very very sad events. All the country was shook up. This is been a cloudy day. I didn’t do anything but the regular work. Brud, Dorothea, Joy and Zak called and Kim and Tara. Kim and Tara took a long walk down in the woods. Dorothea and Betty gone antiquing.

 

 

Monday, November 21, 1983

 

A cloudy and rainy day. I been busy all day. I made a pumpkin pie for Fern. I got my pie started for tomorrow, a butter crunch. I cooked a beef stew and dumplings. Carmen, Betty and Zak called. Betty took Zak to the Central Maine General Hospital for some tests and other things for his operation tomorrow.

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