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 20, 2024

January 12 - 15, 1990

 

Friday, January 12, 1990

 

A nice sunny day. I didn’t do much, read papers. Carmen came and brought Brogan. She had to go to the dentist in Portland. She is so smart and cute, everyone laughing. Just the same as her mother. Susan called for a visit. George over to Norway with Dorothea. Enjoyed that. Then up to Carmen’s for supper. Betty and all up to camp tonight.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 13, 1990 beautiful sunny day

 

Not quite as warm as it has been for the past two weeks. Very nice. David here for coffee. Carmen and Brogan came. Carmen cleaned. George with Dorothea for PM, looking at property, then up to Dorothea’s for supper. Betty called. Walt sick today. Charlene got a bird at Kim’s.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 14, 1990 Clear and nice

 

A very nice clear and sunny day. They took a nice trip up into Canada. Dorothea, George, Joy, Betty Smith. They had a very nice ride, enjoyed it all very much. I was busy at the desk all day. I wrote a letter to Esther. Walt up for coffee and David came down about noon and stayed till about 3 PM. Betty and Charlene up to New Hampshire shopping. Walt showed some property today. Wish it could be sold.

 

 


 

Monday, January 15, 1990

 

Cloudy. George told us about his trip yesterday. He enjoyed it very much. They went into Canada. I washed. Dorothea, Joy, Betty S all went up on the trip. Got home at about 8 PM. I didn’t do too much. I wrote to Esther. This was a holiday. Martin Luther King Junior day.

 

 

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