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!

Saturday, July 6, 2024

March 15 - 18, 1990

 

Thursday, March 15, 1990

 

Cloudy and foggy in early a.m., some sun in PM. Carmen called a minute. Betty dropped in in PM. Dorothea and Betty over to Norway, got cabinet. Zak up for supper.

 

 

 

Friday, March 16, 1990

 

Cloudy and foggy when we got up. I did the work. Carmen and Brogan came and cleaned and washed. The sun came out and it was nice all day. Betty and all up to camp tonight. We watch soaps in PM.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 17, 1990

 

I hazy day, some sun. I got birthday cards ready, sent Davids. I made cream puffs. Dorothea, Betty, Carmen and Brogan called. I finished reading Bridgton news’s. David came down for coffee. Carmen and Brogan enjoyed Allen’s visit very much last night, he was there for supper and evening.

 

 

 

Sunday, March 18, 1990

 

Mostly cloudy. Walt up for coffee and donuts. Zack came later and had coffee and donuts. Carmen and Brogan called in. I done regular work. It was sunny and warm in PM. Ilan and Minnie had a lot of guests for their anniversary party. Their anniversary was 17th. Carmen had water come in their cellar. Furnace went out, water got up to it. Walt and Betty and Zack up there all p.m. working on getting the water out.

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