Archive for Personal Growth
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“The Mother Road”
By Mary Schricker Gemberling John Steinbeck and his wife Carol had just arrived in Chicago where they purchased a Victory Red 1936 Chevrolet sedan. They headed west on Route 66, a voyage that would later become fodder for one of the greatest American novels ever written. In his famous social c...
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A Dream Come True – Local author realizes dream with the release of her debut novel
By Katie Ganshert The love affair began in third grade, when my teacher read my story about Mr. and Mrs. Leaf out loud to the class. While most kids my age spent their free time watching Nickelodean, I spent my time lying in bed, filling spiral-bound notebooks with stories. Oh sure, I still fi...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Patriot Day
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Known now as Patriot Day, we take pause as we come to September 11, remembering with gratitude the patriots of our country whose lives were claimed during the 9/11 attacks. These senseless acts of terror and cowardice, now 11 years past, ha...
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Happiness Defined?
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “When I was in school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment; I told them they didn’t understand life! ………..John Lennon On a recent...
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Present Circumstances
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home “Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” .......Nido Quebin According to his website (www.nidoquebin.com), “Dr. Nido Qubein came to the United States as a teenager with ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston The only thought I have about Dylan Thomas is his superior poetry. All the busy talk about his drinking fades to nothingness, unless it is a stage of imbibing pushing to clearer thinking about the subjects of his lines, become poems. Thomas' poem, The Hunchback in the Park, is a ...
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Weather…or Not?
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home The recent drought has certainly been fodder for many a conversation about the weather. Our early spring was truly magnificent and, as spring goes, fairly long-lived this year. Then suddenly, the switch flipped to summer and it has been hot...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston This summer has had some challenges with the land, and other aspects of our lives. Late in June, I walked out of an air-conditioned building into the afternoon heat. Said to myself, "This doesn't feel like it did in 1988," a very hot, very dry year. Not as stifling hot, of course...
