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, May 2, 2017

May 13 - 16, 1963



Monday, May 13, 1963

A beautiful day. Nice and sunny. I washed, our clothes dried good. We had a big wash. In p.m. we began in the living room, got it ready to paper and some of it done. Betty got a pretty Mother’s Day card from Mike for Carmen. Very pretty. Bob and Blanche over here to get greens after supper. Billie got tractor and manure spreader. They hauled out some dressing. I got some greens for supper.



Tuesday, May 14, 1963

Betty and I began papering the living room. Randy and Bobby Harmon called in evening. Billie worked in garden, hauling the dressing.



Wednesday, May 15, 1963

We worked in the living room. Got it all done and settled. Mama and Betty to Norway in PM. Billie fencing.



Thursday, May 16, 1963

A very nice pretty day, warm. I cleaned the dining room. Last night we got a phone call from Dorothea. It was just great talking with her. Also talked with Dennis. I’m dog tired tonight. Art brought his cow up.




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