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!

Sunday, June 15, 2025

August 19 - 21, 1993

 

Thursday, August 19, 1993

 

A mixed day, some sun. I went to the hospital for blood tests. Then we went to Harrison to get surplus food but they want going to be open till 6:30 so we came home, had supper then we had to go back and we got the food. Betty and Walt’s guests left early this morning. David here for coffee. A nurse came to see Billie about taking his blood.

 

 

 

Friday, August 20, 1993

 

Mostly cloudy all day. Carmen came and done the cleaning. It looks very nice. BJ and Brogan came up today. Arnold and Brogan went to Lewiston to get BJ. Arnold went to see his doctor about the trouble he is having since his operation. Cameron was here this morning. The nurse came and took blood for tests. She had hard time to get the blood. Dorothea came to get the supper. I took bath before I went to bed.

 

 

 

Saturday, August 21, 1993

 

A very nice sunny day. It was clear and on the windy side. We did a washing today. Esther made up fruit salad. I didn’t do much all day. Esther went to town with Susan. Carmen, BJ, Brogan and Cameron went to Portland and got Cameron’s pictures taken. Arnold back to work. Tom called. He and Kim are going to his mother’s in Raymond. We are planning a cookout up to camp tomorrow. Dorothea and David called, they had been out etc., eat supper. Betty brought up some albums. We saw a sick looking fox tonight. Also in Betty and Walt’s field were deer.

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