Archive for Humor
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The Day Pigs Fly
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms For her tenth birthday, my youngest daughter Kara received a guinea pig. We had originally planned for her to have a hamster or gerbil, but the only small animal up for adoption at the humane society was Nibbles the guinea pig. While Nibbles was his ...
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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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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...
