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!

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

October 11 -16, 1955



Tuesday, October 11, 1955

Another nice warm day. I ironed. They tarred this road again today. No mail. Lowell twins here again tonight to ride.



Wednesday, October 12, 1955

Dorothea went out to Brud’s for the day. I cleaned in the kitchen.



Thursday, October 13, 1955

Still cleaning the kitchen.



Friday, October 14, 1955

Finished kitchen. Cloudy and rainy. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called.



Saturday, October 15, 1955

Went to town in p.m. We brought Jet back home. Poor critter.



Sunday, October 16, 1955

Cloudy,  windy and cold. Billie boarded up back of barn.
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