Archive for Personal Growth
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Gettysburg The air is hot in this rain of ordnance, Metallic taste acrid in our mouths. Ferrous screams reflex our nerves in Our serried ranks, amid fumes of Gun powder. We blanch, we forge On int...
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My Bucket List
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” .........Abraham Lincoln I am facing 2022 with more trepidation than in past years. I imagine it is because we yanked up our roots and have yet to plant new ones. Bu...
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Calendar of Events – December 2021
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting - Illowa Intergroup - 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association - Virtual support groups and programs are being offered. For assistance call (563) 293-8058 or the 24/7 helpline at (800) 272...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Squirrel 401(k) Iowa afternoon I sit Idling in the park, Watching sunbeams gild And tint oak and ash bark, See squirrels skylark, Frisk over lawn and trees, Joust with buzzing bees. One buries a...
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Your Advocacy Connection
By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate Is it Time for “The Talk” Time marches on. Kids grow up, we age, and at some point we realize our parents have also aged. It may be a difficult adjustment for both you and your parents but your roles have reversed. It is time for ...
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The Hilltop Campus Village is Thankful For …
The community of the Hilltop is fortunate to have many outreach programs in the area. The Salvation Army, located at 100 Kirkwood serves the Hilltop and beyond. This past October, the Salvation Army teamed with KWQC, 805 Brady Street, to have Project Bundle-Up to help the youth in Quad Cities. Th...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Long Rugged Trek He trekked the long march across The rugged land, towering red Monuments to the ageless fret of Time. He walked for days, his life On his back, father, grandfather, Great, great-g...
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The Next Chapter of our Lives
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “There is nothing permanent except change.” ............ Heraclitus The past six months have been busy at the Gemberling house here in central Illinois. If you have followed my articles in this publication you know that in 2010 when Gary and I were dating, a fir...
