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!

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

October 7- 11, 1958



Tuesday, October 7, 1958

A nice day. I washed. Delores called in p.m. I churned.



Wednesday, October 8, 1958

Another nice day. Delores came up. She and I went down and called on Lorraine, also down to (?) Burmy’s. In p.m. I cleaned up the house and ironed. Lloyd and Fern up in evening. They cut up meat.



Thursday, October 9, 1958

A nice day. I was busy all day. In evening Fern and Lloyd came up, they cut up a quarter of beef.



Friday, October 10, 1958

A very nice day. I cooked, done up the work. Washed floors. Cleaned up the porch after they got done from cutting up the meat. Delores called. Mama came home from Ferns. Bill and I to town.



Saturday, October 11, 1958

A nice day. On the much cooler side. I did up the work. Went to town in p.m. with Billie. Raymond here for supper. Kennard called in p.m. I cooked today.

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