About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.
Christmas Cards with Horses Picture - Tuesday, December 20, 1960
That egg taste turned into a slight case of "flu", or the same symptoms, so I stayed home from school today. I really don't think I could have missed out on too much, subject wise. Our Cristmas cards of us and the horses finally came. It sure was about time! I slept till noon, didn't get up till almost 2:00, then read government till they got home. I had Phyllis pay me back for chores. She wasn't too happy about it.
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I get exhausted just reading these posts! It's amazing that you had so many activities and commitments. I had to laugh at the Phyllis wasn't too happy about paying back the chores that day. I bet!
Hilary, because both you and your dad have commented on all that I was doing and that I must have been exhausted, I often find myself thinking of the two of you when I make yet another "busy day" post.
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