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!

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

June 16 - 19, 1985

Sunday, June 16, 1985

 

A cloudy dreary day, it rained some on and off. Kim called. David and Dorothea, Betty and Walt, Zack. They all and Billie remembered him well with Father’s Day gifts. Thena and Malcolm Brackett called. Milan did also. Malcolm and Thena called around the neighborhood.

 

Poppa looks so pale

 

 

Monday, June 17, 1985 letter to Es

 

Cloudy and showers when we got up. Later on about noon it cleared, quite hot. Carmen came about noon. I did a washing and wrote a letter to Esther. Bill doing quite well. He is improving. George took a long walk up through North Bridgton. Carmen took Bill to get his haircut. She brought him a cooked lobster for his dinner. Already to eat for Father’s Day.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 18, 1985

 

I defrosted the refrigerator today, done up the regular work. A bad day, cloudy and showery. Billie and George out riding up to Stoneham and over to Mama’s home place. Now Evergreen Valley. I cooked a ham supper.

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 19, 1985 Betty Smith operated on

 

A quite nice day, on the cool side. Today Betty Smith had her eye operation. Betty and I called on her in PM. Dorothea took George and Zack up to the mountain today. They had a nice trip. Bill about the same. Kim to the Dr. today, her blood is very low. (Blood test). Carmen came up and painted the couch again, it looks much better. Being made shorter. Billie been busy and out today.

 

 

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