Archive for Humor
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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, ...
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June 2017 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 We hope some heat is a feature of our lives this month. The weather has been stop and start most of the Spring. However, our choice is to bring to these paragraphs a different heat. This heat calls for home cooking aimed at being delicious. Several months ago I did some poetic de...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Sin, Suffering and Sorrow - True Confessions about June As a kid growing up at the family gas station, I was exposed to many things which were probably age inappropriate. Or at least judged inappropriate by morals and community standards of the day. One of these excursions down t...
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What Do You Call a Sleeping Bull?
The school bus was abuzz with anticipation for the day’s field trip. The second graders eagerly peered out the windows as the bus turned into the lane of Cinnamon Ridge Farms. A chorus of “Old John Maxwell had a farm” concluded as the bus came to a stop in front of the new blue and white bar...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Kari Smith The Best Part of New York Most people who love to travel, would say that New York City is the best part of the state of New York. I would beg to differ. Last summer we drove the 700+ miles to the state of New York to see my favorite part of New York, Niagara Falls. It was not my f...
