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.
Visited with Dave on Way to Work - Tuesday, August 13, 1963
It really felt like fall today. I saw Dave on the way to work this morning. In answer to "how are you?" he said, "cold," and then added, "no, not really." Last week he had said he was "hot." I commented on the nice fall morning. Charles wasn't there today. I never believed he would actually take some time off. Bob did a swell job acting as editor. I went bike riding with the kids tonight. I bought a new flannel nightgown and a pretty pair of red pants trimmed in white lace. Phyllis and I went to the dentist this afternoon. Neither of us needed any fillings.
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4 comments:
I love how often the weather of 50 years ago mirrors the weather of today. Yesterday was a nice fall feeling day in K.C.!
Ron has made the same comment in the past.
I was telling Dan the same thing about the weather here!
And, after I said to Suzanne that you have made the same comment in the past, you have done so again.
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