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, April 5, 2025

November 30 - December 3, 1992

 

Monday, November 30, 1992

 

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Tuesday, December 1, 1992

 

It seems good to see better weather, son and clear skies. Betty came, she got the cleaning all done, it looks very nice. Also she put the Christmas lights up. They look very nice. We done some other odd jobs. Brogan and Carmen and Cameron called also Betty dropped in. Carmen got to work tonight.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 2, 1992

 

I got a beef stew to cooking. Carmen came, she got the supper. She made brownies. We had a good supper. Arnold ate here, he had been working at Betty’s.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 3, 1992 Perm

 

Susan came and gave me a permanent. Today Nick Smith had a throat operation. A very delicate one. Carmen and Arnold went down to the hospital to be with him. Checks came today. Dorothea came and got the supper. Susan gave me a new permanent. Betty had Cameron and Brogan while Carmen was away. A very bad fire was in Portland this morning, about five people died.

 

 

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