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.
Grandpa and Grandma Return Home - Wednesday, April 5, 1961
Grandpa and Grandma (reversed order, huh?) got home just in time for chores (like I thought they would). They went to see Millers in New Mexico and went to Old Mexico and were at Esteps for Easter. They were at Varners both going and coming. I had big plans for doing homework tonight, but writing yearbook titles (which I was told about months ago) took all night. I think half of my tiredness comes from the fact that it takes so long to set my hair at night. It's getting to be an annoying chore. I get tired of getting ready for bed, but once I'm about there, I can't wait!
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I think it is incredible that you wrote every day and that you now get to look back on those diary entries. It really makes me want to start writing in a journal on a regular basis again. Thanks.
Thank you so much for leaving a comment on my blog. I clicked on Playful Professional and read your About Me page. Your attitude toward life as personified by smiling and laughing is wonderful. Keep it up.
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