Archive for Humor
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. I Am Rain I am rain, I am full of water for you, For good or ill. I grow your garden or I flood your town, my teeming drops Slake the worst thirst or I fail to fall And desiccated tongues drag the dust. I am the font of ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones All Aboard the Davenport Express On April 22, 1856, the first train officially crossed the newly completed bridge spanning the Mississippi between Davenport and Rock Island. According to news reports of the day, the event was quite festive. Bands played, crowds formed, and the pund...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
There Ought to be a Law! By Eloise Graham A few weeks ago there was quite an uproar about needing a law for police reform. This pertained to the four or five policemen that beat a person to death. The victim’s family wanted a law. While I definitely have sympathy and empathy for the family, I ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones QC Jones Talks Intelligence Seems like a person can’t get through a magazine, news commentary, or anything similar without reading at least some small reference to Artificial Intelligence – aka AI. For those who may have skipped over these mentions, here’s a quick synopsis ...
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Calendar of Events | February 2023
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Love and Happiness – Crime and Punishment Since the launch of the post-modern era no month has been more deeply steeped in love than February. If February were a food, it would be a ripe, plump strawberry on a stick inserted directly into a giant fountain of molten chocolate fl...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham A Trip Down Memory Lane - In Adages, Idioms and Expressions At a lunch the other day, the conversation turned to weird sayings. “Heavens to Murgatroyd” came up. Two of the ladies had never heard the word Murgatroyd before. So I decided to share the reprint of an article I wrot...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. My Coffee Bean Prayer I pray, coffee bean of the morning, At this early hour, before the sun Covers my house with glory, juice Me to the gills. Inject my throat With your copious caffeine, and Charge my battery for the gauntlet Before ...
