Archive for Humor
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Calendar of Events | January 2020
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting – There are ongoing open meetings every Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening at 7 pm. Location: 1706 Brady Street, Suite 105, Davenport. For more information contact Illowa Intergroup 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Qua...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Life on the Naughty Side of the List OK, So it’s a new year. Santa and his Elfin gang have come and gone. By now they’re all laying around the North Pole. Their ever-present propaganda machine blares out the message of a Jolly Old Elf and his do-gooder pals exhausted from deliver...
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Squirrels
By John & Joan Maxwell The woods surrounding the house and barns at our farm are full of many different types of trees and wildlife. While at the dinner table, it’s not uncommon for us to see a white tail deer emerge from the woods, often followed by a fawn in the spring. Hawks that hunt the ...
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Out of Gas
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms “You ran out of gas?!?!” My distant cousin Margo gaped at me in bewilderment. I had been hauling a load of hay from our farm near Princeton to the home dairy near Walcott when, without warning, our 1958 Chevrolet Apache sputtered to a halt. In t...
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Calendar of Events – October 2019
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Welcome to Medicare - Tuesday October 15 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. A free seminar offered by the State of Iowa’s Senior Health Insurance Information (SHIIP) and Center for Active Seniors, Inc (CASI) for Iowans who want to learn more about Medicare. Registration ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Beginning of an Era or Circle of Line Obscure books and tattered old documents intrigue your pal QC Jones. The internet is a wonderous place for digitalized yet musty documents. Recently, I found myself slipping into an Edgar Allan Poe Raven moment: Once upon a midnight dreary, wh...
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Calendar of Events – September 2019
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Lunch and Learn at Ridgecrest Wednesday, September 18 in the Kooning Center at Ridgecrest, 4130 Northwest Blvd. 12 noon lunch buffet $5.00 with program at 1:30 (no charge for program only) Topic: Shoulder arthritis, presented by Dr. Ryan Dunley from ORA Ort...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Butterflies – Papillion Potpourri For four long years, I have cultivated milk weed plants with the express purpose of attracting monarch butterflies. Patiently awaiting the reigning monarch of the butterfly clan to deem my ever-expanding milkweed patch worthy, I checked daily for t...
