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!

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

February 10 - 13, 1992

Monday, February 10, 1992 Good news

 

A very nice sunny day. It was a nice day with snow running off the roof. I didn’t wash. I will tomorrow. Carmen and Bro called. The Hortons up to Carmen’s for supper. Arnold down to see Nick today. He is about the same, he is homesick. A hard row for the boy. I feel so sorry for him. Today Carmen got the good news her expected child is okay.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 11, 1992

 

Cloudy this morning. Betty and Carmen back to school, they only have about six more weeks to go. Brogan came up today. Zak to Portland tonight for his pool meet. Watched programs tonight. Alex Haley died. He was a great writer. Roots was one. Good story.

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 12, 1992

 

A nice sunny day, on the coolish side. Zak doing the shopping. He done other errands also. Brogan to school and she was here all p.m. Carmen got her after supper. She was so glad to see her. Zak down to Betty’s, also up to Carmen’s. A quite nice day.

 

 

 

Thursday, February 13, 1992

 

A nice day. On the cold side to start out. It got a dite warmer. Well this morning the furnace stopped. Zak fixed it. Well today the Portland Glass came and put in the new window. It looks very nice. Then at supper time the furnace stopped again. We had to call Dixon man, he came and got it to going, had to have a new part. Zak down to his mother’s in evening. Carmen to the doctors today. They are going to move Nick to a place in Kennebunk. He is such a homesick kid. I pity him so, also Arnold. Dorothea called this p.m.

 

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