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!

Friday, May 2, 2025

March 6 - 9, 1993

 

Saturday, March 6, 1993

 

Partly cloudy. I got up early. Got my work done, washed. I took a bath before Dorothea came. David didn’t come for coffee. Tom plowed. Dorothea came and cleaned up the house. It looks very nice. She got a good supper as always. Susan dropped in late in p.m. Tonight Betty is having company, the girls she went to school with. Also Carmen. Kim is better today, also Betty Smith is a lot better. David was tired when he got home.

 

 

 

Sunday, March 7, 1993

 

It is sunny today most of the day. I done regular work then I wrote my two letters. I didn’t do only regular work. Walt up for breakfast, no one else here today. I got the supper. I got a call from Zac. Tom plowed.

 

 

 

Monday, March 8, 1993

 

Betty came up in p.m., she got supper. I did my chores this forenoon. Brogan sick with a bad cold. She didn’t go to school. She called a little while.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 9, 1993 SNOW SNOW ALL DAY

 

Today Betty came up. She done cleaning. Got a good supper. Also she worked on the pictures and albums, brought me Bridgton High School Coronas to look at. Very interesting. Brogan came up a little while after supper. Betty went after her. After she watched 911 Betty took her home. No School today. A lot of snow around this morning.

 

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