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, June 27, 2023

June 4 - 7, 1986

Wednesday, June 4, 1986

 

David to the Central Maine General Hospital for test. Head scan. Dorothea went with him. Kim and Eddie called. Eddie looks good. He was so pleased to see Kim. Carmen had a call on the house. Bill got haircut. Kim and Eddie called. Billie bought a lot of medicine today. Carmen and Dennis called. Eddie brought Bill a lobster. He liked it very much. Also Carmen had some.

 

 

 

Thursday, June 5, 1986

 

A quite nice forenoon. Then it clouded up for the next few days. This is what we will have for weather. I made out the bills I got them off. I washed some things that have been on the breezeway for a long time. David and Dorothea called a little while.

 

 

 

Friday, June 6, 1986 David’s x-rays okay

 

Another one of those cloudy gray showery dismal days. That is about all we get now for weather. I hate so much of it. I did a wash and did that ironing. David called. David got word that his x-ray showed nothing wrong. That is very good. Someone came to look at Carmen’s house today.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 7, 1986 NEW CAR

 

Today Dorothea and David bought a brand-new car at Ripley and Fletcher. They are very pleased with it. Milan called a little while. Also Carmen. Carmen looks very nice in her new dress. Kim called on her way home after taking Eddie to the bus. She stopped on her way home and got her hair cut. She also looked very pretty. She went to Portland with Sue Paul to a Cambodian wedding. He came and got her.

 

 

 

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