Archive for Personal Growth
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An Enjoyable Thanksgiving
By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village With Thanksgiving around the corner, I began to think about how I could make this an enjoyable Thanksgiving for everyone, young and not as young. It’s a time when we all gather together for a meal, to give thanks and to celebrate family. ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Schools everywhere in this nation are full of students and their educators by now. This session takes a peek at student poetry. I was connected with the Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest for a long period. One of our divisions, of eight, was for youngest students. Others with the h...
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A Recipe for a Happy Marriage
By Nancy Nehlsen In 1936 fourteen-year-old Jeanne Gwyn went to the county fair with her cousin, as she did every year. Only this year was different. Selling hot dogs (and eating as many as he sold) was the cutest guy she had ever seen. Unfortunately, he had eyes for another girl at the fair. Not to...
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Carving: “Two Birds” with One Chainsaw!
By Mary Schricker Gemberling In 2010 when Gary and I had been dating less than a year, his log home burned to the ground leaving nothing but a pile of ashes and a few charred trees. Two of the massive oaks that were closest to the flames were given only a 50/50 chance of survival by a local arboris...
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Calendar of Events September 2018
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting – There are ongoing open meetings every Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening at 7 pm. Location: 1706 Brady Street, Suite 105, Davenport. For more information contact Illowa Intergroup 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Qu...
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Calendar of Events August 2018
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting – There are ongoing open meetings every Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening at 7 pm. Location: 1706 Brady Street, Suite 105, Davenport. For more information contact Illowa Intergroup 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Qu...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston It is fairly rare to head back in history of writing and poetry for this column. We have moved into the 1700s to work with German poets and their poetry. Egyptian and Chinese. Poems and their writers come to mind, in translation. In the case of what we know of Dynasties in ancient ...
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Calendar of Events – July 2018
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting – There are ongoing open meetings every Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening at 7 pm. Location: 1706 Brady Street, Suite 105, Davenport. For more information contact Illowa Intergroup 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Q...
