Archive for Humor
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Calendar of Events – August 2017
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Free educational classes are being offered for people with dementia, their families, and those who professionally serve them. Get support from ...
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Fair Time
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms As the corn grows taller and July speeds by, many of us in Eastern Iowa begin to prepare for what’s just around the corner: August and the Mississippi Valley Fair. Many look ahead to grandstand shows, twirly rides, and funnel cake. But, for us i...
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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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Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Free educational classes are being offered for people with dementia, their families, and those who professionally serve them. Get support from ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston For a few times over a few years, I have dealt with translation in poetry. For those of us with English as our first language, we may want or need to spread our wisdom into other languages. That is accomplished for us by poets who have either used another language as their number...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Patriotic Potpourri First, allow me to share, it’s Flag Day. As I sit hunched over this keyboard plunking on the keyboard, I am feeling patriotic. With very little effort I can close my eyes, let my mind wander and conjure up the sounds of John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes ...
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Doggie Donuts
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms As I was growing up on our rural Scott County farm, money always seemed to be stretched thin for our family. While buying new shoes for the six kids in our family was nearly impossible, our farm (along with hard work) always provided our family p...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham The Tapestry of your Life Have you ever thought about your life being a tapestry, weaving in and out of the lives of others around you? Through the magic of social media, I have reconnected with many of my grade school and high school friends. After high school graduation, ...
