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, August 22, 2016

August 29 - September 1, 1960



Monday, August 29, 1960

A HOT HUMID day. An awful hot humid day. I washed. Susan here all day. She stayed here last night. She and Betty picked over Betty’s things last night. Es and I up to Aunt Ava’s last night for the evening. Billie home all day sick. I did a big wash.



Tuesday, August 30, 1960

Billie still home. I did the ironing. Susan here all day, she did some ironing. Betty helped with the work. In p.m. Randy Harmon called, also Raymond Allen. A very nice day.


Wednesday, August 31, 1960

A nice day. Es and Billie here all day. Had a nice visit. Susan went to Karen’s birthday party. Billie back to work today.



Thursday, September 1, 1960

A nice day. I washed, cleaned up the house, cooked, picked all my shell beans. Betty to town. Susan not here till late p.m. In evening Betty went to Auburn with David to see Mike. Betty got some school clothes.

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