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, February 27, 2025

July 16 - 18, 1992 Es and Cliff Arrive

 

Thursday, July 16, 1992

 

A very nice sunny day. Jason came, done a lot of the puttering jobs. I did a dite of ironing this morning. A lady came to see Carmen, she is all licensed to do her electrolysis work here in the state of Maine. She has a client coming today. She has gone to town to do the shopping. Brogan got a gift from Betty Milne today also her brother got a nice gift from her also. And both got cards.

 

 

 

Friday, July 17, 1992 Es and Cliff came

 

A fair kind of a day. Dorothea came and worked all day. Before she got through Verna, Cliff and Esther came. Well Dorothea then flew around and got a very good roast pork supper. She works so hard doing all the things she had to do. Betty helped with the supper. Verna was here, also Zack.

 

 



 

Saturday, July 18, 1992

 

Rained last night and showery. Also when we got up this morning, later on it began to clear. About mid forenoon the sun came out and it was very nice. Esther and Cliff took a walk down to the cemetery. Then Cliff walked down to Walt’s. Betty and Carmen came up from Cameron’s in the carriage. Betty and Carmen trying to get Cameron’s things moved back up to her bedroom. Cameron giving them a little hard time. Esther went to town with Betty H.

 

 

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