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, June 13, 2024

December 21 - 23, 1989

 

Thursday, December 21, 1989 Took Christmas things to the Cemetery

 

It was quite nice today. Mostly sunny. Temp want bad. They took the bulldozer. Betty and Carmen drove the tractor. Dorothea, Betty H, Betty S, George, Kim, Carmen and Brogan. They came back and had lunch. I did regular work. George out in PM shopping with Betty and Dorothea. He went up to Dorothea’s for supper. Zak did his shopping today for everyone. Billie called Anse Buzzell about the cattle.

 


 

 








 

 

Friday, December 22, 1989

 

Got colder, Carmen came. She did the cleaning. It looks so nice. She went to town for us, as usual. Betty called, she and Charlene going out. Kim called. She and Carmen gone to town. She and her friend Tom out shopping. I bet she is glad to get done. George down to his apartment. Dorothea called. Brought rest of Christmas gifts. Billie didn’t hear from Buzzell. The Jay Martin family called, they brought a very cute picture of their children. Visited a while. Zak came and brought some gifts.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 23, 1989

 

Well we are having awful cold cold weather. I had beans tonight. George didn’t like them. He isn’t used to New England baked bean supper’s. We watched the TV news and weather. Dorothea, Betty called a minute. Dave down for coffee. I didn’t do much, made a custard pie and some bread. Didn’t hear from Buzzell.

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