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!

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

June 15 - 17, 1992

 

Monday, June 15, 1992

 

A quite nice day, not so hot. Billie up early to get ready to go to Dr. Reed in Portland for his eyes. Dorothea took him. I was alone which was good. I did my wash. Got a chicken ready for supper. Betty got the supper tonight. Charlene called in after supper. Carmen to her doctor, the boy is okay and a regular birth is expected. She has lost more weight.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 16, 1992

 

A nice day. I’ve been doing some odd jobs today. Betty came up and got the supper tonight, very good one. They moved the chickens this morning. It seems good to start the week. It is lonesome and boring Saturday and Sunday. We have callers off and on. Those are two days a week I dread. We watched programs in p.m. Carmen is getting quite big now. Hard for her to get around. Betty worked up to camp today. Billie still having eye and hear problems.

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 17, 1992

 

A nice hot day. They did hay at David’s. Zack went up and help. I didn’t do much. I read in the old diaries to see if I could find out when Bill went up to the New England Baptist Hospital. Carmen came and got the grocery list and went and done the groceries. Then she came and got the supper. Susan called in late p.m. to visit. Zack ate supper here tonight. Carmen cooked some swordfish. They liked it very much. Betty up and played her tape of the new business they are opening up where the shelter used to be. Kassie to the vets again. She has a eye problem now. Tom’s stepdaughter is missing.

 

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