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, March 7, 2016

June 26 - 29, 1958





Thursday, June 26, 1958

Cloudy and rained by showers. We picked 41 boxes of berries today. Letters from Dorothea and Esther. Kay here tonight.



Friday, June 27, 1958

I did some cooking, pick some berries. In afternoon I went to town. Betty down to Dearborn’s cottage to clean. Also up to Dawn’s.



Saturday, June 28, 1958

A very nice day, hot too. We picked a lot of berries. Kennard called. Also Blanche, Bob, Hyla and sister-in-law for a cookout. First one this year.



Sunday, June 29, 1958

A very hot day. We picked over 100 quarts of berries. Kennie and Dot called. Bobby, Raymond and Blanche. Billie mowed up to Chet’s today for first time.


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