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!

Sunday, June 23, 2024

January 23 - 26, 1990

 

Tuesday, January 23, 1990 nice sunny day

 

Nice and sunny. The temp was zero when we got up. All snow everywhere. I got a fowl into cooking for supper early this morning. Kim down to Walt’s early. Brogan still not very good. No one here today except Zak came. He took Billie to the garage. Then he shoveled Carmen’s roof. He was here for supper.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 24, 1990

 

Cloudy, snow. Carmen came, she went and done the shopping. Zack here for coffee then he went and got some wood. He stayed with Brogan while Carmen did the shopping. We watched the soaps in PM. Zack down to Walt’s today. Brogan is much better.

 

 

 

Thursday, January 25, 1990 Cloudy

 

 

Another cloudy dreary day. Snow showers. Carmen and Brogan came. Also Kim. This was the first time we had seen Brogan for about five days. I did a big ironing. Betty sent up some old old snapshots and photographs of older people. Very interesting. Tonight Carmen got a phone call for a date on Saturday night. My good wishes go out to her.

 

Friday, January 26, 1990 Rain

 

I washed. Billie to Dr. Goldenhar. This has been a very dreary dark day. I didn’t do much. I looked at all the pictures Betty brought up. Dorothea called this evening. Billie to the Dr. Goldenhar in Fryeburg. Zak took him. He done shoveling when he got home. Carmen came and cleaned today.

 

 

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