Archive for Humor
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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 ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Celebrate January During these frigidly cold days of January, the Holiday Season quickly fades into oblivion. A few of our readers may be snuggled up in the cozy sweater or PJs left under the Tree by that Jolly Elf. A couple more folks may be pursuing this publication with a le...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones What’s the Deal with Santa Claus and Me? For those of you who are wondering, this chronicles my special relationship with the Fat Guy from up North. Allow me to recap a few family secrets. First from an early age, I realized that Santa was a family friend. My maternal grandfathe...
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November Fun Facts and Holidays
By Eloise Graham Topaz, a semi-precious stone that symbolizes friendship, is the birthstone of November. The orange-yellow stone is what we usually recognize as topaz. However, Citrine, which is actually quartz crystal is often confused with the orange-yellow topaz. Topaz actually comes in many dif...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Could this be the end of life as we know it? Pulling from a line from one of my father’s favorite poems, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s moneymaker, Paul Revere’s Ride: “Hardly a man is now alive, who remembers that famous day and year.” The future of daylight savings ti...
