Pat's Pen

About the Book

Pat’s Pen This book is filled with short articles published through 15 ½ years in a small country town newspaper. Weekly throughout the year Pat would give her thoughts and opinions on different subjects. They would vary from the weather at the time to concern for children, school, the area, or other subjects. Not one to pull punches she told it as she saw it.

About the Author

Pat Larkin attended Corder Public School in Corder, Missouri for 11 years. She graduated high school at Higginsville C-1 due to the consolidation of Higginsville and Corder schools in 1966-67 school year. She never went to collage, but instead went right into the work force at Hallmark Cards, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri. She married Pete Larkin in May of 1968, the couple had four children, one son, Kelly, and three daughters, Kim, Tamie, and April. The couple still live in the cedar log home they built on the Larkin family farm. Pat has held many jobs over the years, but the two that lasted the longest was her photography business, L & L Photography. She spent eight years working as an ad salesperson for three different newspapers. Before retiring in 2012, she had spent 15 1/2 years as General Manager at the Santa Fe Times in Alma, Missouri. It was at this paper she started her opinion article titled ‘Pat’s Pen’.