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!

Monday, December 21, 2015

August 26 - 29, 1957



Monday, August 26, 1957

Cloudy and some rain. I didn’t wash today. Didn’t do much. Donnie not too good today. Fern and Lloyd called in evening.



Tuesday, August 27, 1957

A very nice day. I washed and ironed today. Got a letter from Betty today, she is up in Winthrop. Also Dorothea’s invitation to her wedding to Dennis Harvey Adair. Raymond called in evening.



Wednesday, August 28, 1957

A very nice day. I cooked. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. I cleaned up the house downstairs. I picked another mess peas. Donnie quite sick today.



Thursday, August 29, 1957

Donnie very sick today, in bed. I defrosted deep-freeze. Cleaned up Betty’s room. Went to town with Lloyd. Up to Bob and Blanche’s in evening.
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