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!

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

August 3 - 6, 1993

 

Tuesday, August 3, 1993

 

Carmen came early this morning, done work. She had three customers to do this morning. David came to do the chores. We washed. Esther made cookies. Very good. She got a good supper. I didn’t do much today. Brogan here tonight. Billie had rest of his teeth out today at Dr. Groves in North Windham. He said it wasn’t the same as when he had them out two weeks ago. He and Dorothea got home very early.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 4, 1993

 

 


 

A quite nice day, got the store list ready. Carmen went and done the shopping. Esther went with her. Brogan down to her grandmother’s to visit with Pat and Ray. They all went up to camp to see Brogan swim. Carmen and Cameron went up to join them for a picnic lunch. Pat and Ray started for home at about 3:30. Betty called a little while and told us about their trip. It was great. Zac down there tonight. He likes his work very much. Dorothea working tonight. I watched Cameron while they did the shopping. Esther busy most of the day. Susan called tonight. She is all through school tonight. She has passed. She had a good year, done very well.

 

 

 

Thursday, August 5, 1993

 

A nice sunny day, not too hot. I didn’t do much as usual. Well last night Billie was sick. We worried about him. I called Betty and she called Tom. He came and checked him out. Decided he had better go to the doctors to be checked out. He said it was due to so much medication. He felt mean in p.m. and after supper.

 

 

 

Friday, August 6, 1993

 

A nice sunny day. We washed. Carmen came early and got the work done, cleaning, regular work etc. The lady came from (blank) came and checked us out. Billie and I. Billie will get home aid assistance from them same as I will. Got to see some of the programs this p.m.

 

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