Archive for Humor
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles Seagull with French Fry A gray and white seagull atop A light standard above a fast Food franchise descries a French fry tossed out a car Window, he thinks just for Him. He swoops down and Grabs his golden pr...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Thank Goodness the Quad-Cities aren’t in Nebraska Speaking in the most general of terms, your pal QC Jones doesn’t have anything against Nebraska or the fine people who live there. In many ways, Iowa and most of downstate Illinois are close cousins to the lands just over the Mi...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones An Early Back-to-School Remembrance If September stands for nothing more, it represents the launch of the school year. Every living man, woman, and child in our country has experienced this end of summer phenomenon. I have yet to speak with a single soul who does not possess deeply...
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Calendar of Events
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 A bad speller in two languages Your pal QC and the Misses have been regular visitors to Mexico since the 1980s. Upon each of those visits, I have always had the dream of being able to speak the language. A couple of times, I even made at least a token effort to pick-up one of the t...
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Calendar of Events | August 2021
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 I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy Reflecting on July pulls me into a kaleidoscope of thoughts tied to points throughout my life. Just like red-blooded all-American boys in every small town in this wonderful country, I was fascinated with firecrackers. Everything with a boom, sparkle, or ...
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Bunco: Not Just a Game of Dice
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “What happens at Bunco stays at Bunco!” Shortly after I moved to the Quad Cities in the 1970s, I became friends with Carolyn Day and Linda Souhrada; as the years grew so did our friendship. When our children were young our families spent many a summer afternoon a...
