Archive for History
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A Time-honored Tradition
By Mary Schricker Gemberling My first exposure to Shakespeare was over fifty years ago in college when I enrolled in a cursory course about his life and writings. William Shakespeare surfaced once again in my early years of teaching when the curriculum demanded that my junior high students read Rom...
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Say Yes to the Dress
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms Striding with purpose into Goodwill, I knew I was stepping outside my comfort zone. Like a basketball play at a key moment of the game, I rehearsed the plan in my mind. “John,” I coached myself, “let’s get in there, find what you need, and ge...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones The mother of all... Mother’s day is just around the corner. This would be a great time for old QC Jones to go into karma collector mode and lay out mushy remembrances of Mother’s Days long past. Yes Ma’am with a flick of his arthritis infested typing fingers, yours truly could...
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The Mississippi: Servant or Master
By Jan Rittmer Ridgecrest Village resident Here at Ridgecrest Village where I live, one resident calls herself, “A river rat from down by Muscatine,” and doubts she could sleep without the river flowing nearby. One man learned to sail on Lake Davenport above Lock and Dam 15, and remembers th...
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May – The Emerald Month
By Eloise Graham May’s birthstone is the emerald. Mention emerald and we immediately think of that bright, deep jewel-tone green. In reality, it can come in various colors. The scientific name of the emerald is beryl or vberyllium and is mined as such. The chemical composition is Be3Al2(SiO3)6....
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Ancestors of Aliens in the QCA? The Mysterious Case of Non-Human DNA Strains First, let me wish all my friends out there in the far reaches of our Great Quad-Cities, USA a happy and healthy April. Even though April starts off with the infamous Fool’s day, let me assure you that...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston For you readers who pay close attention to the promises I make about “next Months” subject, Spring excitement will appear in May when our greenery and selection of purchased blooms are as firm as set jello. Can we wait to make good on the winters’ pondering and all the rest? ...
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Turning Your Memories Into Memoirs
By Darrell Lietz Ridgecrest Village resident In her book, Your Legacy Matters, Rachel Freed writes, “ Imagine that you are leaving for a vacation or a business trip and you have not told your kids everything you want them to know – about you, about what matters most to you, about what you hope...
