Archive for Humor
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles I Am Crayon I am crayon, young kids like me, So much color I am, big boxed Array of rainbow plus. I like who I am, young kids wield me, draw Straight from the heart, color me Into their likes, loves, hurts, fears. What I color on their ...
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Playing the Waiting Game
... there is little we can do about this necessary but intrusive inconvenience in our lives, perhaps we should concentrate on finding ways to be more positive about it. By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Inflation: A historical perspective, kind of. Have you ever looked down at your car’s gas gauge and realized that full tank from a couple days ago is below the half full, or half empty, line? Regardless of whether you are a “half full, or half empty” sort of person, you still...
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Just Saying…
Summertime When the Living is Easy By Q.C. Jones Remember the old Porky and Bess musical? While it was first performed back in 1935, the George Gershwin inspired American Opera made a dramatic comeback in 1942. My guess is my parents’ first heard songs from it as teenagers, and it stuck. When a ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Some Like It Hot Back in 1959, Billy Wilder released a movie which bore the same title as this article. Staring headliners like Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, the movie was given six Academy Award nominations and is cited by many as one of the greatest movies of al...
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Calendar of Events – April 2022
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Mind your business April is famous for a lot of things. Some are just downright silly and unimportant. Days like April Fool’s Day, National Fun at Work Day, National Canine Fitness Day, National Tell a Lie Day, and National Deep Dish Pizza Day are just a handful of the over 140 spe...
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Buds and Burrows Open in April
By Eloise Graham April is derived from the verb “aperire” which means “to open.” During the month of April, the trees and many flowers begin to bloom or open. The smaller animals that hibernate start opening their burrows and come out of their winter home. For those born in April th...
