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!

Thursday, March 30, 2023

July 19 - 22, 1985

Friday, July 19, 1985

 

It got hot again. I did a wash. We picked the peas and string beans. Bill been in bed all day, a bad cold. In evening Billie Deming called. He showed us all his pictures. They are very nice. He has turned his life around from what he was before he left for the service. He is in a new life altogether. I’m so please for him and I know it is a good feeling for Esther. He is doing real well.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 20, 1985 hot and humid

 

Norma came and got Bill’s car to use tomorrow to go to New Hampshire to see some of her classmates. It has been very hot all day. I did not washed kitchen floor. Cleaned up the house a dite. Zack up here for supper. Betty and Walt over to Charlene’s cottage for Walt’s birthday supper. Kids up here today, Carmen up to camp all day. Kim has good news, she is going to get more hours at the nursing home. Good news.

 



 

 

Sunday, July 21, 1985

 

Another nice sunny day. I answered letters. Betty and her family and Kay and her family all up to camp today.

 

 

 

Monday, July 22, 1985

 

A nice day. I did the wash, on the cool side. Norma brought the car back. Dorothea called here and she was in a very nervous condition. I don’t like to see her that way.

 

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