Anyone who has fixed their heart on something that didn't pan out knows the feeling of having it pull away, taking the plug with it as joy slips down the drain. Having a working knowledge of the phenomenon tends to make people more careful about where they hang their hopes. The moon at odds ...
Dear Annie: I am in a quandary. My husband (67) and I (65) are both retired; I do work from home two days a week for around seven hours or so a week now. He takes Social Security while I do not. He had no 401(k) to speak of. Me working now was to make up the difference. My problem is my ...
Dear Heloise: I have always travelled extensively and have a shoebox full of postcards that I have collected but never sent. I send them now to friends and relatives in assisted living facilities and also to my grandchildren. Both groups love getting mail. I even buy old postcards at thrift ...
Today is Friday, Jan. 10, the tenth day of 2025. There are 355 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 10, 1982, San Francisco 49ers receiver Dwight Clark caught a touchdown pass from Joe Montana with 58 seconds left in the NFC Championship Game; one of the most famous plays in NFL ...
Famously, creatures like comforts. Pigs and hippos dig mud, and the bear scratches his back on a tree. Neither would suit the walrus sunning himself on floating ice. Just because someone is uncomfortable with a particular comfort, that doesn't make it wrong. Two lunar squares and a conjunction ...
Dear Annie: I am a college student, and I just finished my finals for the fall semester and am now on winter break. Right toward the end of finals week, one of my professors had a medical emergency and had to miss our final day for surgery. My entire class sent her supportive emails, including ...
