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, May 29, 2023

February 19 - 21, 1986 Billie in Hospital

 

Wednesday, February 19, 1986 Cows gone

 

A fair day, on the cloudy side but there was some sun. Billie to the toe Dr. over to Fryeburg. His foot is bad and he has got to go to the hospital, NCM, for possible operation. Wade Kimball came and bought the cows today. I hated to see the heifer go, she was a nice one, going to have a calf.

 

 

 

Thursday, February 20, 1986 BILLIE TO THE NCM HOSPITAL

 

A nice sunny day, done regular work. Carmen, Kim, Eddie and Kay Fleck all working at Betty’s papering and painting. Bill watched TV shows all day. Milan called, Carmen called also Dorothea. She called, she got me some groceries.

 

 

 

Friday, February 21, 1986

 

Well this has been a nasty miserable day, snow, cloudy, rain. We got 5 to 6 inches. Trees and lines all covered. I done regular work, watched soaps. Called Billie, he is the same. Nothing from the Dr. in regards to what they are going to do. Won’t find out til Monday probably. Zack has a friend over today. They came up and did the chores. The power went off two or three times today. Tonight it was off for an hour or so. They plowed the roads tonight.

 

 

 

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