Archive for History
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham The Apple Orchard When I was growing up, we had an apple tree in our yard. We shared this tree with the birds, bugs and worms so the apples were not the best for just picking and eating! However, my mother with her paring knife would cut away the bad parts and use what was good ...
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It’s Autumn and October is Awesome
By Eloise Graham Autumn, the season that connects summer and winter, is one of four temperate seasons. The word autumn can be traced back in various forms to Latin autumnus. The Old French wrote it as autompne, Modern French changed it to automne. By the 16th century it was in common use in England...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Salvatore “Sal’ Marici, retired as a specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has been engaged in a poetry “fast track.” We are focused this month with his recent launch of eighty-three poems within the titled Fermentations. His writing and promotion activity show...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Heavens to Murgatroyd About a month ago I was visiting with some friends when one of them queried, ”Have you ever heard the expression ‘Heavens to mergatin, or morgatoid’ or something like that?” I blurted out, “murgatroyd” and from what deep recesses of my mind that...
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September Celebrations
By Eloise Graham September is full of fun and wacky celebrations! Let’s start the month with National Cherry Popover Day. September 1 is National Cherry Popover Day! A popover is a doughy type of muffin made from egg batter. As it bakes, the dough rises to “pop over” the edge of the muffi...
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Buffalo Bill Museum presents Historic Homes & Sites Guidebook to LeClaire Visitors
Information from: Buffalo Bill Museum, 199 N Front Street LeClaire, Iowa 52753 Explore History! The Buffalo Bill Museum is proud to present a Historic Sites & Homes of LeClaire, IA Guidebook. The 12 page booklet highlights 15 historic homes, riverboat pilots, town history and other hist...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones An August Muse about August It was an august time for August in August august – [aw-guhst] – adjective 1. inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama. 2. venerable; emi...
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The Heat Wave of 1936
People love to talk about the weather. Maybe it’s because with friends or strangers alike it is, in our controversial world, a safe topic to broach. The month of July certainly brought us much fodder for conversation with some pretty hot temperatures spawning serious storms and flooding from C...
