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, January 5, 2016

October 20 23, 1957



Sunday, October 20, 1957

I got dinner, churned. In p.m. I wrote letters. Kennie and Dot called. In evening I went with Dolores down to the Sacred Church (?) Concert.



Monday, October 21, 1957

A nice day but cold. I washed, clothes dried good. In evening, the Northern Lights were very pretty. They were very colorful tonight. Red, quite unusual. Watched for SPUTNIK, didn’t see it. Fern had a nice birthday letter from Dorothea and Dennis. Awful cold tonight. Donnie uneasy all day.


Tuesday, October 22, 1957

A nice day. I ironed, cooked and cleaned the shed chamber. Warmer this afternoon. My check came from Mrs. Dearborn today. Got the wedding pictures back from Hazel Chadbourne. Billie came home, we hauled some water. Donnie not very good today.



Wednesday, October 23, 1957

Cloudy. I churned, cooked. Cleaned up the house. Dawn called in p.m. Today is Sandy Adair’s birthday.



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