Archive for Personal Growth
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Everyone Needs an RV in their Backyard!
By Mary Schricker Gemberling If anyone would have told me a few years ago that I would be promoting the positive attributes of Recreational Vehicles, I would not have believed them. But, circumstances have led me down an interesting path these past few years. My perception of RV’ing, or campin...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston There is lots of potential in the middle of the year, the crown of it all, June. Weddings used to be in June—ours was, barely, on the 28th of June, 1964. There is lots more, including other family gatherings and vacations. If nature cooperates, flowering perennials, and buried ...
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois Rich Ricketts: Living a Full, Healthy and Meaningful Life Most of us seniors (and geriatric medical specialists, too) believe that staying mentally and physically active plays a very large role in insu...
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Love…
By Eloise Graham PUBLISHER’S CORNER A couple of months ago, a friend asked me why I didn’t write an article about love after 50. I pondered that for some time. What is love after 50? Well, what is love before 50? More pondering… What is love? “Love” is a word we probably use ever...
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The Joys of Gardening
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.” Every year in April, our suburban yard would come alive with color. The tulips and jonquils would push through the soil and explode in the vibrant colors of spring. The buds on the tw...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Which is stronger, a blizzard Winter, or a robust Spring? As a broadcaster, I remained alert to daily conditions, in all seasons. Reports of what conditions might mean to exposed livestock, and in Spring, to planting the crops and the “growing season” follow-up. From Germany...
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Recovering from Resentment
By Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village “Love keeps no record of wrongs. … does not hold grudges.” 1 Corinthians 13:5 Most of us have learned everyone has issues, everyone has feelings, and everyone gets hurt fro...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Late in February, there was an article in the New York Times about “found” poetry of Rudyard Kipling. I dove into volumes on and of poetry to discover Kipling’s “Early Verse,” published in 1900, containing the known writings in prose and verse. The article claims 500...
