Archive for Humor
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Procrastination: A Holiday Dream or Nightmare? Your pal QC Jones is a natural born prize-winning procrastinator. I can still remember the famous words of Miss Florence Miller, my seventh-grade teacher, whose note on my big school project included the following, “Great work on your ...
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Calendar of Events | November 2021
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Sorry No Sweets - A Thanksgiving History While surfing the internet (Opps…I mean researching for this article.), I came across the “Thanksgiving Controversy” thing. For those of you unfamiliar with the controversy allow me to provide you with some cliff notes. Because I find so...
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Calendar of Events – October 2021
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Trips and Vacation Traveling One of the perks of doing this magazine is that I get to read the articles before sending them on for the magazine format. Mary Schricker Gemberling’s article on page 14 brought back memories of our family trip to Mackinac Island. It was August of...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles Seagull with French Fry A gray and white seagull atop A light standard above a fast Food franchise descries a French fry tossed out a car Window, he thinks just for Him. He swoops down and Grabs his golden pr...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Thank Goodness the Quad-Cities aren’t in Nebraska Speaking in the most general of terms, your pal QC Jones doesn’t have anything against Nebraska or the fine people who live there. In many ways, Iowa and most of downstate Illinois are close cousins to the lands just over the Mi...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones An Early Back-to-School Remembrance If September stands for nothing more, it represents the launch of the school year. Every living man, woman, and child in our country has experienced this end of summer phenomenon. I have yet to speak with a single soul who does not possess deeply...
