Archive for Personal Growth
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston For a month or so, I have been ruminating about an eastern poet and one from the midwest. As time has gone on, the eastern poets and their institutions try to hold sway over the best that is done, or at least the best, judged by poets other than the writers. In plain language,...
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Overcoming the stressful slumps of the holidays
By Holly Alguire Bradley University Student Intern Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center Child Abuse Council Holidays are supposed to be a relaxing, fun-filled time for family. But, somehow, this time of year tends to be the most stressful few weeks. Whether it be worrying how many peop...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Counting my blessings
By Mike Mickle Welcome to November, everyone. We are firmly in Fall's grip. The trees are beautiful, the air is crisp and in our house, fall sports mania has taken hold. We reached a milestone last month. Our youngest son, Matt turned 10. That signaled the end of single digits in the Mickle hous...
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Age doesn’t matter (unless you are cheese?)
By Mary Schricker Gemberling It’s that time of year when summer gives way to autumn, and its brilliant display of crimson and gold dots the landscape. It is also the time of year I chose to make my entrance some three score and five years ago. As I approach my 65th birthday, I can’t help bu...
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On Thankfulness
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home When our founding fathers sailed across the Atlantic in search of freedom and a new way of life, they did so at untold risk. They did not have reliable communications systems. No ship-to-shore radios to notify others in the event of an eme...
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois Joy Andrews sharing a love of learning RSVP Director’s note: RSVP partners with schools, after school programs and organizations like CASI to train tutors and mentors throughout the region. Training ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Optimism: Should We Complain or Be Grateful?
By Eloise Graham Next month is a big election. According to the polls, one half of the country will be happy about the outcome, and the other half will not. But we, as individuals and as a country, must keep moving forward. We can be grateful that we are allowed to go to the polls to plac...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Although I do not focus on lifestyle, lives and styles of poetry and poets have been subject to more scrutiny than their poems over time. I want to reflect on our lifestyles some, for your October column of Max’s Musings. Late summer, I was in a bookstore to search out and pur...
