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!

Saturday, February 27, 2016

May 22 - 25, 1958



Thursday, May 22, 1958

Fair, a very nice pretty morning. I churned, cooked, done up the housework. Had Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis over for dinner.



Friday, May 23, 1958
A nice sunny day. On the cold side. I cleaned at Seavy’s cottage. LETTER from DOROTHEA and DENNIS. Bill and I to town before supper. Sent L. C. Andrews money, ordered more paint.



Saturday, May 24, 1958

A nice day, still cool. I cooked, cleaned up a little in the house. Betty, Holly and Penny went for a walk. David Nevers here today. Billie got paint over to Lovell for the barn. Aunt Ava got her new stove today.





Sunday, May 25, 1958

Clouded up and rained. Couldn’t paint the barn. I done up the work, wrote letters. Kennie and Dot called and Fern and Lloyd. They took Bill, Betty and I for a ride down over the new road. Betty got supper.
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