Archive for Humor
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August 21 Is National Senior Citizens Day
Are you aware of any special “Day” in August? Let’s play a game. I’ll name the day, you think of the month. Here goes: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, April Fool’s Day, (hope you didn’t miss that one!) Mother’s Day, M...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Hodge Podge of Random Thoughts By Eloise Graham I am often asked where I come up with my topics for the articles. Usually, I have a thought or theme that is running around in my mind. Not this month. I hit a wall, had writer’s block, had nothing but a bunch of little ideas that really produced n...
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Just Saying…
The Great Tomato Wars of Augusts Past By Q.C. Jones The Midwest is the “home grown tomato belt” and the Quad Cities is the shiny belt buckle adorning this bright red belt. We, like every region, have our own late-summer ritual. We don’t run with raging bulls, burn giant puppets, or as Peter ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Childhood Memories of July By Eloise Graham My toddler, early years We had a flagpole in our yard. On patriotic holidays or remembrance days, my dad would go out early in the morning and hoist the flag. I would accompany him wearing some concoction of an outfit that was red, white and blue. The F...
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Just Saying…
Walking Beans, Hippocampus, and Reliving July of ’66 By Q.C. Jones Memories, my mind is overflowing with memories. After reading an article and discovering the “hippocampus” a spark was ignited. Thinking more, perhaps it wasn’t as much a spark as a Fourth of July Firecracker explosion. Not...
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Eleven Special Days in July
By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief July 1 - Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day This is a perfect time to be going out for ice cream. Forget the chocolate and vanilla. Try something new. In the Philippines they have crocodile egg ice cream. In Tokyo you can get raw horse flesh flavored ice cream. Okay, ...
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June – Roses and Pearls
By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief The flower for June is the rose. The rose and the shrub are of the Rosa genus. Their colors range from deep red to the palest of pink, orange hues to yellows to white. A lavender rose has even been cultivated. Early civilizations of temperate zones were believed t...
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Just Saying…
Reliving the Junes of Days Past By Q.C. Jones I don’t know about you, but for your pal QC Jones, June has always marked the official launch of summer. It didn’t sneak in with a whisper or tiptoe like spring. No, sir, June barged in like a sunburned uncle with a boombox and no interest in stayi...
