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.
Our New House is Very Nice - Thursday, November 22, 1962
It is nice to be home for another Thanksgiving. We went in to Aunt Bertha's for dinner. After we ate, the Schroder kids and we girls walked around town. It doesn't seem like two years since I've been home for Thanksgiving. It is good to be home for a change and have a chance to be with the family. I can think about Park in a different perspective. The new house is really nice. Our furniture seems to fit in so well. Christmas vacation in a month. And I have so much to do before then. But I imagine I'll come out alright. I always have. We have so very much to be thankful for.
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4 comments:
a nice calm Thanksgiving perspective on life!
Who was Aunt Bertha?
Yes, indeed.
Aunt Bertha and Aunt Josie were two single sisters who were cousins of my Grandmother McDowell. They shared a big house in southwest Washington.
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