Archive for Personal Growth
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Lessons Learned
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home I didn’t have my driver’s license yet, so I was relegated to making my way around town on my bike. Although I was a freshman at the time, I was a “high-schooler” – and I suddenly realized that my bike needed some serious updating....
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Simple Things that Make a Difference
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village These words were given to me from a resident. They are not the exact words, but this is what they gave me: “In this last year, I have watched too many people pass away. I have seen the grief from one family and felt the pain as we ta...
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Reflections of Autumn
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “It was October again ... a glorious October, all red and gold, with mellow mornings when the alleys were filled with delicate mists as if the spirit of autumn had poured them in for the sun to drain---amethyst, pearl, silver, rose and smoke-blue. The dews were s...
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Our Narrowboat Adventure
By Mary Schricker Gemberling With the first week of our trip in Ireland complete, we were eager to meet up with our friends Jim and Diane Tiedje for our narrow boat adventure in England. We departed from the Manchester airport and headed to Festival Park at Stoke-On-Trent. The men stopped at the...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Each month as I consider the column, or essay if you prefer, and don’t have a ripe idea which can deal with a specific poet or a topic, I rumble through my library, ad lib, to bring you a topic that first, appeals to me some way, and hopefully, to you my important audience. The...
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The Emerald Isle
By Mary Schricker Gemberling The planning for our trip to Ireland and England was finally over. Along with our good friends, Mark and Becky Christy and Roger and Anida Chamlin, Gary and I landed at the Dublin Airport and were greeted by Tony, our driver and guide for our week-long tour of Irelan...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Our Quad-Cities is blessed to have many layers of poets, in age range from eight to eighty. I have worked with many who compose verse, and know their work is journeyman or exceptional. This month, I work to reacquaint you with three men. Mike Bayles will be giving a reading at th...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Middle of the year, and the grandson Robbie turns ten. Wow, did we know these kids of our kids were going to get older so fast. We try not to get older as fast. This reverie set in motion thoughts for this column, about young people, particularly young poets. Last month, during t...
