Dear Annie: This is a long story, but I will try to keep it short. I gave my mother a couch and chair as she was in desperate need of furniture. The furniture was my downstairs furniture, and I felt it was more important to give it to my mom. Eventually, she bought herself furniture to her ...
Dear Heloise: I'm a volunteer at a local shelter for animals. We are bursting at the seams with cats, dogs, ferrets, large birds, snakes, and an assortment of other pets that are no longer wanted for one reason or another. We're not unusual, because there are animal shelters all across this ...
Today is Friday, Sept. 6, the 250th day of 2024. There are 116 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL'-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died ...
In the final stretch of a Libran lunar influence, we are shaped by our attractions. From the pull of an atom's nucleus to the twist of a galaxy, attraction spins the universe. What force influences you now? What sphere of influence do you orbit? Today is a check-in point in which you may ...
Dear Annie: My soon-to-be ex started spreading lies about me in the spring of 2021, telling people I've had three nervous breakdowns and now I'm insane. After a counselor told him his claims were unfounded, he stopped, but not after he convinced our daughter I was mentally ill. The rest of our ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My mother died of lung cancer at 62. For 12-18 months afterward, a sibling passed of a cancer or an unusual disease. Here's the list: lung cancer, uterine cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, and Lou Gehrig's disease. All but the last sibling drank and smoked. Two sisters ...
