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.
Attempting to Appear More Glamorous - Thursday, July 5, 1962
I went along to town with Mom early this morning to help her do the wash. This afternoon we kids went in to go swimming. Ann met Denise, and Jim and Larry were there with Tracy Janacek. I bought an eyeliner and shadow, a lipstick brush and powder in an attempt to make myself more glamorous. I just haven't done one constructive thing all summer.
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4 comments:
Good for you on the relaxing summer.If only it could also be guilt free!
I know. I guess I inherited the McDowell tendency to want to feel productive.
That has always been my curse!
Interesting, isn't it?
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