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, September 15, 2024

November 25 - 28, 1990 Zak Coming Home

 

Sunday, November 25, 1990

 

Cloudy this morning. I done up regular work. Walt here for coffee. He and Betty worked on the foundation some more. Joy called in p.m. and Susan and Brogan. A long dreary day. I looked at all the albums.

 

 

 

Monday, November 26, 1990

 

A nice day. I did the wash. Carmen came, she and Brogan and I went to Norway to get most of my shopping done. She did some shopping. I was so glad to get a chance to go. Also Carmen went to Portland, she had an appointment at her asthma doctor. She called to see Billie, he was glad to see them. He is doing quite well.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 27, 1990

 

It was some cloudy this morning when we got up but it cleared away and the sun came out. Dorothea stopped in on her way to Lewiston to shop. She says she will get a gift for me for Fern’s Christmas. Carmen came, we are going to wrap gifts.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 28, 1990

 

ZaK is on his way at last. He will arrive home at about 10 tonight. I am very anxious to see that face. I wrote Billie a card and sent a letter to Esther. Carmen done a lot of work this morning. Betty, Walt here for supper and Brogan. Carmen got supper and ate then she left to go to Lewiston to get a perm at 630, she had to be there. Well the bus got fouled up that Zak came on so Walt had to drive to Boston to get him. They didn’t get home very early.

 

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