Posts Tagged Gemberling
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Our Costa Rica Adventure
By Mary Schricker Gemberling With a negative 15 degrees on the morning of January 3, we drove out our snow packed driveway toward the Bloomington, Illinois airport. Little did we know that our adventure to Costa Rica and Panama would take place during the Polar Vortex that would soon engulf muc...
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Teaching: The Noblest of all Professions
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “In its highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach - it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student’s mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.” - Sydney J. Harris Each year about mid-August, I get this fleeting ...
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It’s All About Balance
By Mary Schricker Gemberling For a baby boomer on Medicare, I feel pretty young most of the time. I get out of bed most mornings relatively pain and med free other than an occasional aspirin or Tylenol to remedy excessive gardening, and have plenty of energy to meet whatever demands life might b...
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Bon Voyage
By Mary Schricker Gemberling One rainy April day, Gary and I decided to take a travel class at our local community college. The instructor was Gina Henry, a nationally recognized travel expert, writer, professional speaker and owner of GoGlobal, Inc. She offered valuable information on how to m...
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Everyone Needs an RV in their Backyard!
By Mary Schricker Gemberling If anyone would have told me a few years ago that I would be promoting the positive attributes of Recreational Vehicles, I would not have believed them. But, circumstances have led me down an interesting path these past few years. My perception of RV’ing, or campin...
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The Empowerment of Travel
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” - Mark Twain ...
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Unchartered Territory
By Mary Schricker Gemberling Gary and I were having dinner with a couple on our tour in South America, and before I knew it, the conversation turned to concerns about caring for an aging parent at home in Canada. On a recent visit in Arizona, we stopped to see a friend, who had just been release...
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My New Year’s Resolution
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Dear Lord, So far this year, I’ve done well! I haven’t gossiped; I haven’t lost my temper; I haven’t been greedy, grumpy, selfish, or overindulgent. I’m very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I’m going to get out of bed, and from the...
