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!

Friday, February 5, 2016

February 19 - 22 ,1958



Wednesday, February 19, 1958

A nice day, cold wind’s. Bill fixed my washing machine wringer. I washed, did some cooking. Betty up to Dawn’s in p.m. and for supper. Raymond called. Billie out in p.m.



Thursday, February 20, 1958

Nice day, warmer. I churned, done up the work, got clothes in. Holly down. She and Betty up to Terri’s in p.m. Billie gone fishing with Horace Flint and Nelson Lambert and Sammy Flint.



Friday, February 21, 1958

Nice day. Got a letter from Dorothea and Dennis. Didn’t do much. Done up the work. Billie gone up to shovel off camp roofs up in grove.



Saturday, February 22, 1958

A nice warm day. Betty and Kay didn’t get up very early. I churned, cooked, done up the housework. Raymond called. Betty and Kay went for a walk. Mama came home from Ferns. Mrs. Hebb died today. Kennie and Dot called today. Billie fishing.

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