Archive for Personal Growth
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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...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Threshing in August
By Dee Deuth, CSA Weerts Funeral Home Having grown up in a small rural community in Minnesota in the 40s, I recall August as the month for threshing the oats crop. Today, the combine has replaced the threshing machine with much more efficiency, and the hybrid production of seeds has resulted ...
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Not the Same Old Song and Dance
By Devon White Augustana College student intern Child Abuse Council Cultural Experiences in the QCA for You and the “Kids” Routine life of eating at the same booth, listening to your song, and doing the same old dance are easy to fall into. Older folks generally go about their routines ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston It was probably last month that I re-investigated my poetry library, a bookcase with six stacking shelves. I have lots of incoming poetry, but this treasure trove, 95 percent a gift from Dick Mackin of Bettendorf, contains thousands of poems and instructions on how to compose the...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities – Miles and Miles of Iowa
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall In and Out of the Quad-Cities; it’s our mission, and maybe our quest. Sometimes we’re in, sometimes we’re out. This past month has found mostly out. Just like Zeus had a thing for Cronus, one might suppose the great god of calendars had a thing for a...
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Bullying Is Not Harmless
By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council Bullying is in the news, on the talk shows, and recently a presidential candidate admitted to bullying when he was younger. Millions of kids each year are bullied, mostly while at school. With that many kids affected by this ...
