Archive for Personal Growth

  • A Pause for Poetry A Pause for Poetry

    By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles.       Like a Dream We are like a fever dream, Fleeing before the morning light, At least, so it may seem, Fleeing before the rising night. Day and night bracket our days, With the existence of our lives. Each day br...

  • Calendar of Events | APRIL 2025 Calendar of Events | APRIL 2025

    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 Grou...

  • Quad City Summer Games Quad City Summer Games

    A Celebration of Competition and Community By Rhonda Elsbury The Quad City Summer Games are just around the corner and you don’t want to miss them!  The Games, sponsored by the Quad Cities Senior Olympics, is an exciting two-week competition that brings together athletes, fitness enthusiasts,...

  • Religious Holidays in April Religious Holidays in April

    By Eloise Graham April 10 - Mahavir Jayanti which is the celebration of the birth of Lord Jayanti, the 24th Tirthankara in Jainism. Jainism is an ancient Indian non-theism religion. Non-theism means there is not a belief in a god or creator. They believe in reincarnation. April 12 - Memorial of Je...

  • Calendar of Events | MARCH 2025 Calendar of Events | MARCH 2025

    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 Grou...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER PUBLISHER’S CORNER

    Random Thoughts and Comments By Eloise Graham The other day I heard someone mention she had the common cold. Is there an uncommon cold? Just wondering. So I looked up common cold. Johns Hopkins medicine says that the common cold may include a stuffy, runny nose, scratchy, tickly throat, watery eye...

  • Just Saying... Just Saying…

    Born of the Storm: Maybe QC Jones has been Struck By Q.C. Jones March marks the beginning of spring for our beloved Quad-Cities. When I think of Spring I am magically, perhaps even magnetically attracted to the power of the weather events punctuating the launch of summer. Spring and summer thunder...

  • A Pause for Poetry A Pause for Poetry

    By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles.       River of Life On the river of life we all ride, The currents cannot be denied. The water courses by us so fast, We wonder how long we will last. The river draws deep, it draws low, It draws every one of us in i...