Archive for Humor
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston There are dozens, if not hundreds of poems celebrating the sun, the life-giving celestial object we greet on clear mornings as it rises. The moon, controlling our night sky and more, we see best away from city lights. The big planets, at great distance , are a chore to see. Ro...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston This month seems like a good one to celebrate Ted Kooser, the Midwest poet. You readers may be aware I know Ted and have woven his poetry through this column for years. Now he is retired from decades in business and more involved in the produce of the English language, primar...
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Publisher’s Corner
By Eloise Graham Grammar That Gramma Needs to Share Our youth and young adults today are so busy texting and abbreviating everything, no punctuation… well, it seems as if all of the rules we lived and learned are no longer in existence. Let’s start with a simple text conversation and see if yo...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston I admit to writing for your consumption for a dozen years in this magazine, through the generosity of owners and editors. I do not recall writing about the poet, Abraham Lincoln. Dozens of publications, mostly books and scholarly monographs (otherwise known as “papers”) work ...
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In and Out of The Quad-Cities
The Sweet Smell of Ice Cream, Firecrackers and Grandma’s perfume June holds some of the fondest memories of life. Somewhere deep down in the darkest recesses of our consciousness lies the joy of bidding our teacher good-bye and rushing out to embrace summer. We’re not speaking of the poli...
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Everything Dutch
By Mary Schricker Gemberling Amsterdam brings to mind many different images for those who have never visited. I envisioned the idyllic world of tulips, wooden shoes, and windmills. It was that and much, much more that I saw on our recent river boat cruise from Holland to Belgium. What I didn’t ...
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Community Partners Make RSVP Volunteer Recognition a Success
By Dave Layton Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois RSVP volunteers were honored in grand style at two great events supported by the efforts of many business and non-profit partners. They were treated to great food, fun entertainment and an outstanding master...
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IN and OUT of the Quad-Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Soliloquies Only the good Lord knows the pain, suffering and mental anguish that rains down on your humble 50+ Lifestyles correspondents. Allow, a for instance... Today is deadline day; numerous reminders stare out of our in basket like hungry croc...
