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, February 20, 2023

March 8 - 11, 1985

Friday, March 8, 1985 cloudy

 

It snowed about 2 inches last night. Cloudy. Billie to Portland for eye checkup. Kim done my shopping. I changed beds and washed. I worked on Billie’s desk. Got Fern’s things put away. I made a pudding. Carmen took Billie to Portland and they stopped at the store in Windham. Got some smelts. They were so good.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 9, 1985 a beautiful day, sunny and warm

 

I got up early, got breakfast and got at my work. Got it done, washed floors. I baked some good beans and had good biscuits for supper. Dorothea called. She and Billie got the desk cleaned up and got it in. He hasn’t got his things in it yet. Moved my cedar chest over by the side of his bed. It looks okay in there. Zack up this PM. He and Billie picked over the tools and sorted them out. He gave some to him and David. Dorothea and Betty called on Fern. Also she had a lot of company today.

 

 

 

Sunday, March 10, 1985

 

Another very nice sunny mild day. I done up the work, looked over some more boxes from the porch. Dorothea and Betty called, they were at Sally Douglass’s. Zack worked at the mountain. Walt done soil tests. Carmen worked at NCMH, she called.

 

 

 

Monday, March 11, 1985 DAVID got heifer

 

I did my washing. I did quite a few dishes today. It was clear in a.m. then it clouded up and began raining tonight. Billie and David down and got David’s heifer. It was very nice, mild and sunny during the day.

 

 

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