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 26, 2016

May 17 - 21, 1958



Saturday, May 17, 1958

Cleared off nice in forenoon. I done up the work. Billie home in p.m. Betty enjoyed the lamb. Linda Berry, Terri and Sylvia Moffett called also Kennard.





Sunday, May 18, 1958

A very nice warm or hot day. Bill got the front of barn all done and some of the back. Billie and Betty got her henhouse fixed up, the rubbish hauled off and a load of sawdust. Fern and Lloyd called in p.m.



Monday, May 19, 1958

A very good day. I worked, cleaned the back porch. It showered in p.m. Billie sold his white head calf to Davis Kimball. A hot day. Had the house all opened.



Tuesday, May 20, 1958

Another nice day. I ironed, cooked. Billie and Bobby fishing.




Wednesday, May 21, 1958

A nice day, but windy. I cleaned up the house and the grain room. To town after supper and got pills for Bill, dieting food for Mama. Holly Smart 15 today.

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