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!

Monday, May 26, 2025

June 1 - 3, 1993

 

Tuesday, June 1, 1993

 

Well it rained hard about all day. That was good as we needed it so bad. I did some jobs out to the kitchen. Then I made out store list, got ready to make out the bills. Zac came, he went to town for us. He tried and get a battery for Billie’s lawn mower but couldn’t. He is going to Portland to look for an apartment. Betty had her hair done today. It looks nice. She came and got the supper. We had a good soup and a very very good baked custard pie from Carmen. I’m so glad she can make them so perfect.

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 2, 1993

 

A nice sunny day. It is kind of on the coolish side. The wind is still blowing. Carmen came, made the beds, got the store list. Betty gone with Walt to do some soil testing. Cameron was here while Carmen went to town. He is a cute and a good baby. I got the bills made out today. Zak went to Portland early again this morning to look for a place to rent.

 

 

 

Thursday, June 3, 1993

 

A quite nice sunny day. I got up early, done up regular work. Got ready to take off for Norway and Oxford to do some shopping. Betty, Carmen, Brogan (took her out of school, she enjoyed that), Cameron and me. We did quite a lot of shopping. We met Zak over there. We all had ice cream. Cameron was very good all day. We had a good day and good luck shopping. Came home, Carmen came and got the supper. A very good one.

 

 

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