Mince-meat and war responsible for family of 6!

Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
4 min readFeb 28, 2021
Photo by Edward Lowe 1946

What’s your origin story?

Julianne was a leader in the YWCA supper club, in Columbia, MO back in 1942. This supper club was the tinder of the day — a space for selecting a future partner through proximity rather than swipes. All the cute boys, the jocks, the Ag boys, the nerds ate at this supper club because as my midwestern uncles would say, “Everyone knows a…

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Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.

An eclectic life: Waitress, Actress, Zoo Curator, Story Teller, Poet, Exhibit Designer, Writer, Farmer, Educator & Survivor .. Writing, essential as breathing.