Archive for Personal Growth
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. These Bones Will Rest These bones will rest. They Have traveled far in spite of All. These bones will rest. These bones long for home Where bones go to rest. Yes, They will rest. These bones Loved, cr...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Fox in Moonlight The full moon lays down a patchwork Blanket of pastel light, like spilled white Wine, on the woods out back, eldritch Panorama to behold, courtesy of clouds Transiting before the moon, patching light ...
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A Kaleidoscope of Life
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “We didn’t know we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.” When I was about ten years old I received a unique present; a kaleidoscope. Although the circumstances and demise of the gift are vague, I do remember the awe I experienced w...
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Calendar of Events – February 2022
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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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Nude on Snow If you see a naked person running Through the snow, slipping on ice, The winter’s running too long. Cabin Fever has set into your dreary soul. Your mind has gone around an ice Sculp...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Mana from Heaven and Cupcakes from the Room Mothers Quite honestly, your humble observer of life and erstwhile cupcake connoisseur, QC Jones has a hard time keeping up with the twists and turns in the world of polite, and politically correct behavior. First of all, I am not completel...
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A Powerful Connection
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “You never know what could be on the other side!” Once or twice a week Gary and I find ourselves crossing a bridge over a large expanse of water in Florida. Last week we drove to Sanibel Island; the Sanibel Causeway spans San Carlos Bay, connecting Sanibel Isla...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Gettysburg The air is hot in this rain of ordnance, Metallic taste acrid in our mouths. Ferrous screams reflex our nerves in Our serried ranks, amid fumes of Gun powder. We blanch, we forge On int...
