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, August 4, 2015

January 16 - 20, 1956



Monday, January 16, 1956

I washed. Rained all day.



Tuesday, January 17, 1956

Cloudy. Snow flurries. I got in the clothes, cooked. Mama went down to Ferns for a few days. Billie to Portland with Dennis and a load of junk.



Wednesday, January 18, 1956

Sun out today. Very nice cool and windy. Billie and Raymond hauling hen dressing.



Thursday, January 19, 1956

Very nice day. I cleaned up the house. Billie helped Dennis haul birch bolts (?) today. Betty took Donnie for a walk.




Friday, January 20, 1956

Roger Lowell came down to ride Blondie. I cooked and cleaned. Billie and Dennis hauled pulp.

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