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!

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

August 4 - 7, 1960



Thursday, August 4, 1960

Cold today. A very nice sunny day. I washed and ironed. Picked some peas and took down to Ferns. Swept my bedrooms. Betty bothering me because she wants something to do so I finally said she and Norma could go down town. In evening played coquet. Betty, Norma, Raymond and I. Milan came about 4 o’clock.



Friday, August 5, 1960

Cloudy dreary day. Betty and Norma lounging around all day, down town with us in the evening. I didn’t do much today. Betty all broken up because she couldn’t stay downtown. Billie all nerved up and excited. Nothing seems to go right.



Saturday, August 6, 1960

A very nice day. I cooked, cleaned up the house etc. Kids to town and movies in evening. Betty moved my desk up to her room today to use this last year of school.



Sunday, August 7, 1960

A nice day. We picked string beans. Jean came up and picked some. Ervin Linscott mowed the oats. In p.m. we went for a ride and picnic. Bob, Blanche, Norma, Betty, Billie, Mama and I. Betty Smith called on phone tonight. Betty changed around in the living room today. Looks good.



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