Rob Kyff on Mar 13, 2024. Q. A postcard states that a certain company has "over 50 years' experience" in a certain field. Is the apostrophe after "years" necessary? -- Maureen, via e-mail. A. After over 50 years' experience in the field of grammar and usage, I can firmly answer "yes." By convention, it's customary to describe amounts of time ...Daily Horoscopes. Get your free daily horoscope. Discover what's in store for your astrology sign for the day, your week in romance and more. It's sagittarius Season. aries. Mar 21 - Apr 19. taurus. Apr 20 - May 20. gemini. May 21 - Jun 20. cancer. Jun 21 - Jul 22. leo. Jul 23 - Aug 22. virgo. Aug 23 - Sep 22. libra. Sep 23 - Oct 22.The same is true of the four Gospels that God has given us in the New Testament. Each one tells us about Jesus, and at certain points they even tell us about the same incident in His life. But each one of the Gospels -- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John -- also gives us a portrait of Jesus, each revealing aspects of Jesus' life and ministry that are ...Countdown to Totality. Holiday Mathis on Apr 7, 2024. Millions will travel to tomorrow's total solar eclipse in Aries, making "The Totality" the biggest travel event of the year. The lunar conjunction to Venus is a love note to the event, and those who are already headed to romantic commitment could be moved to lock it down on bended knee.2026 "Off Season" (December-April) weddings starting at $5,000. Pricing Includes: Onsite Bridal and Grooms suites. Complementary onsite cottage for the couple. *5 additional 2-bedroom cottages available on your wedding night at an additional fee. Access to venue 8am - 12am*.Frugal Reader Steals To Save Money. Harriette Cole on Apr 19, 2024. DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a 25-year-old living in an expensive city in the United States. I've always been frugal, but lately, this mindset has led me down a troubling path. I've found myself giving in to the temptation to steal items from stores rather than purchase them.May 11, 2024 · Maternal Moon. Holiday Mathis on May 11, 2024. A maternal Cancer moon guides the lead-up to Mother's Day and will also shine through tomorrow's parental acknowledgement. "Mother, any distance greater than a single span requires a second pair of hands. You come to help me measure windows, pelmets, doors, the acres of the walls, the prairies of ...Dear Amy: "Carol" and I are extremely good friends. I know she cares deeply about me. However, whenever she asks about my life, instead of sympathizing with my problems and my feelings, she clings to an issue I've mentioned and immediately brainstorms solutions to my problem -- as though I or my family members were incompetent at solving our own problems. She asks me about how my life is ...Apr 9, 2024 · In the Dark Expanse, Post-Eclipse. Holiday Mathis on Apr 9, 2024. Clutter is camouflage. It prevents focus on any particular thing. Whatever you drop into blank space will get all the attention. Both states can be useful, depending on the effect you're going for. If you're trying to stop yourself from ruminating on one thing, introduce ...Annie Lane on Feb 12, 2024. Dear Annie: At holidays and other family get-togethers, my parents-in-law prefer that I speak only when spoken to. They host every holiday. I believe they see me as extremely opinionated, which makes me vulgar at worst and irritating at best, in their eyes. My father-in-law once explained that he would teach me how ...Dear Amy: Several months ago, I confessed to one of my best friends of 10 years (we're both women) that I felt extremely close to her and that sometimes I had more than platonic feelings. We were drinking in excess and shared a long, intimate hug. This was more than a platonic hug, but we discussed the situation and buried it. The issue is that she has a wife, and so do I. This created a lot ...Entertainment / Horoscopes / Mar 18, 2024 Today brings the last splash of Pisces season, followed by the hush of transition. Like Max Ehrmann's famous work "Desiderata," which is the Latin word for "things desired," a reflection of the last few weeks will produce the acknowledgement of what's still missing.Dear Amy: I'm a 33-year-old woman. My daughter is 11. She and I live with my parents. My parents own the house, and I pay them rent each month. Both of my parents are in their early 70s. My father works part time. They don't seem to need the extra money that my rent provides (they are always buying new games and gadgets for themselves). I want to have my own life. I want to move into my own ...Fool's Retrograde. Holiday Mathis on Apr 1, 2024. In the mystical card deck known as the tarot, there is a card named "The Fool" featuring a plucky youth carrying his belongings on a stick over his shoulder. The blithe spirit has a blossom in one hand, and his head is tilted up to the sun. It's not an advisable head angle for today, considering ...Pluto retrograde recalls how the people who know they are flawed are less flawed than the ones who believe they are beyond reproach. If we let them, the better angels of our nature will sway us to compensate for our wrongness in beautiful ways. With love and compassion, we can outshine our mistakes. ARIES (March 21-April 19).Home / Horoscopes. Aspects of Infatuation May 21, 2024 | 12:05PM | Holiday Mathis COLUMN . Cusp of Gemini Season May 20, 2024 | Holiday Mathis. The cusp of a season is like an old-school phone call. You may feel the last phone call is over, but unless you disconnect, you cannot make the next one. Put in all the new numbers you want, ...In the darkest days of winter's hold, a story of faith and courage is told. In the heavenly backdrop of this Festival of Lights is featured a trine of Mercury and Jupiter, a harbinger of good fortune for the first night of Hanukkah. Neptune's recent forward turn ...Entertainment / Horoscopes / Aug 05, 2023 Everyone needs some degree of self-interest to operate in the world, though a little goes a long way. At this point of Leo season, with the moon in the sign of "I am," we are well aware of how the ego can be a manipulative child, slanting the perspective in such a way as to seem like the center of the ...The Thin Veil. Holiday Mathis on May 1, 2024. Celebrants, light your bonfires, feast and dance the maypole -- maybe not in that order. It was the belief of the ancients that on this day of Beltane, the veil between realms of reality is at its thinnest. It ties in with the themes of fertility, which is quite literally the bridge between what is ...Dear Amy: I attended a professional conference recently. The attendees from my company were the president, the executive director, a co-worker, and myself. The president and executive director invited my co-worker and myself out for dinner. During these large conventions, it is rare to be able to sit down for more than 20 minutes and have a balanced meal. This made the dinner event really nice ...Planetary Torch Pass. Holiday Mathis on Apr 26, 2024. In primal days when it wasn't so easy to make fire, keeping flames going was an important job given to responsible people who understood the significance of their watch. A sacred spirit is alive wherever people pass torches, metaphorical or otherwise.May 3, 2024 · Incrementally Becoming. Holiday Mathis on May 3, 2024. In stories, big changes happen in an instant. But the reality we know often moves with small changes that, over time, create a new circumstance. The recent shifts of Venus, Mars and Pluto are a reminder that becoming is often an incremental process. Do not doubt that your small acts of ...The moon moving from clean Virgo to shiny Libra recalls how clarifying our priorities is like washing a car. We do it knowing we'll have to do it again next week and the week after that. Unlike washing your car, you don't need soap or sweat tend to our values. Just reflecting on what truly matters to you is an act of alignment.Dear Amy: My 24-year-old daughter is expecting a baby boy. She told me that she plans to use her biological dad's name as her baby's middle name. Her dad, "Tobias," and I divorced when she was six and her brother was four. At the time, the literature advised divorced parents to never say anything unkind about one's ex. Thus, I did not tell my daughter how horribly I was abused, both physically ...Dear Amy: My in-laws are wonderful people. They are now elderly. Their complaint over the past five years is that I have no patience with them. This has bled over into my relationship with my wife, who complains that I always have to be the smartest person in the room. Couples counseling proved unfulfilling and solved nothing, because things are even-keeled in our marriage until her parents ...Harriette Cole on Apr 22, 2024. DEAR HARRIETTE: I am upset with my husband because he thinks that it isn't his responsibility to do our daughter's hair -- ever. He thinks that since he's a man, any responsibility that is deemed feminine isn't his job. I've tried explaining that parenting responsibilities should be shared equally, regardless of ...Horoscopes / April 29, 2024 Today brings a Venus change, and tomorrow it's Mars, which is a logical order in the "ladies first" kind of way. Both Venus and Mars are returning to their favorite places -- Mars to the warrior realm of Aries and Venus ...Ask Amy: Consumer doesn't want a chatty trainer. Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on Feb 9, 2024. Dear Amy: Sometimes, I want some help with a skill. For example: skiing. I'm a perfectly competent skier, but I know I have some quirks in my form, and some one-on-one targeted work with an instructor might help me to straighten them out.Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on Mar 29, 2024. Dear Amy: We are having an issue with our daughter and son-in-law regarding the use of a guesthouse. They live a day's drive from us, so when we visit we like to stay for several days. We try to visit at least monthly. We decided to find a home that had a mother-in-law unit separate from ...Trump is 100% Right About the Jews! Wayne Allyn Root on Apr 14, 2024. The liberal media is outraged at President Donald Trump. AGAIN. Trump pointed out that Jews who vote Democrat are voting against their own self-interest -- and it makes no sense. That's like the police chief in Casablanca being shocked there's gambling in that casino!Annie Lane on Feb 12, 2024. Dear Annie: At holidays and other family get-togethers, my parents-in-law prefer that I speak only when spoken to. They host every holiday. I believe they see me as extremely opinionated, which makes me vulgar at worst and irritating at best, in their eyes. My father-in-law once explained that he would teach me how ...A: From the human standpoint, some sins are certainly worse than others are — sins like murder, assault, or stealing; actions that cause anger and hurt. But the Bible doesn't tell us which sin is the worst in God's eyes. The reason is because God hates all sin. God is absolutely pure and holy; even the smallest sin is evil in His sight.Q: My cat BarB -- so named because I found her as a kitten hiding under my barbecue grill -- now lives in my house and doesn't venture outdoors. Her veterinarian insists she needs rabies vaccination. Why is this necessary, if she's a committed homebody?Forms of Directness. Holiday Mathis on Apr 27, 2024. The respite from retrogrades is a good time to consider that progress can look like movement, and it can also look like a stall. Pauses have something to offer. Later, a moment spent waiting around may even be your favorite of the day.May 11, 2024 · Maternal Moon. Holiday Mathis on May 11, 2024. A maternal Cancer moon guides the lead-up to Mother's Day and will also shine through tomorrow's parental acknowledgement. "Mother, any distance greater than a single span requires a second pair of hands. You come to help me measure windows, pelmets, doors, the acres of the walls, the prairies of ..."In 1901," said the court, "the Twenty-First Legislative Assembly enacted a penal code reiterating the abortion law, dividing criminality between people who facilitate abortions and women who solicit assistance to procure an abortion."Ask Amy: Consumer doesn't want a chatty trainer. Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on Feb 9, 2024. Dear Amy: Sometimes, I want some help with a skill. For example: skiing. I'm a perfectly competent skier, but I know I have some quirks in my form, and some one-on-one targeted work with an instructor might help me to straighten them out.Your keen powers of observation will show you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). While you don't lack conviction, you wouldn't dream of imposing your own code. On the road to peace, extremes of good and evil, or law and chaos can be unhelpful prejudices. A respectful neutrality will serve you well. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).Spouse confused about home ownership documentation after husband's death. Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Tribune Content Agency on Apr 19, 2024. Q: After my husband's death, my daughter went to pick up the deed to our house. There was a quitclaim deed that our old mortgage lender put in place with my signature on it.Free Daily Horoscope Newsletter. Find out what the stars have in store for you! Get your astrology sent to your inbox daily along with a daily forecast for tomorrow!Horoscopes / January 06, 2024 A child, hands over eyes, believing themselves to be invisible, is endearing. A grown person's lack of self-awareness is far less so, though technically may still be indicative of a developmental stage.Mercury and Neptune Conjunction. Holiday Mathis on Mar 8, 2024. On this day when the realm of spirit (Pisces) holds a conjunction of Mercury (communication) and Neptune (visions) there's an opportunity to glimpse the invisible, to sense the otherworldly and hear the songs of angels. Ask the questions on your heart, and then invite your senses ...The economy continues to add jobs and defy expectations. In February, there were 275,000 new jobs, but the two previous months were revised lower, by 167,000. That means that the originally reported robust results in December and January look a little less strong than previously thought. Still, average monthly job creation has been about 250,000 for the past 14 months, a solid showing. The ...Horoscopes / April 07, 2024 Millions will travel to tomorrow's total solar eclipse in Aries, making "The Totality" the biggest travel event of the year. The lunar conjunction to Venus is a love note to the event, and those who are already headed to...Among the many amazing spectacles of the sea, the phenomenon known as "The Sardine Run" is a stand-out: a miles-long school of millions upon millions of fish migrates the African coast, attracting dolphins, sharks and whales hoping for dinner. Today features Mercury's ...Jupiter's Jackpot. Holiday Mathis on Apr 20, 2024. Mercury and Venus aligned to greet the new season with a solid alliance of heart and head, word and deed, desire and fulfillment. Today brings another lucky conjunction, adding to the prosperous and fortunate omens for Taurus Season. Jupiter, the planet of luck, and Uranus, the planet of ...May 10, 2024 · Overwhelming the Moon. Holiday Mathis on May 10, 2024. On a day with two lunar squares and a moon change, the overwhelm is real. Take a few steps back from the scene. If you have to take a dozen breaks, that's better than going deeper into the frustration. Also, keep in mind, in many cases these are agreements we're dealing with, not laws.Annie Lane on Mar 15, 2024. Dear Annie: Please give me your opinion. I am an 84-year-old widow. I have one child, a son, and one grandchild in town. My other children live hours away. I no longer drive. I am financially independent and have someone to come clean twice a month, drive me to run errands, go to the doctor, do grocery shopping and ...Horoscopes / April 18, 2024 The Leo moon has a parting gift for Aries sun on the final full day of its Aries journey. The fire sign trine is a match lit by another match -- a single flame's sputtering surge.A Vision of Luck. Holiday Mathis on Mar 17, 2024. Those who believe in manifestation know that envisioning a desired outcome with great emotion and optimism is a key step in the process of attraction. Imagining the lucky circumstance is happening now and feeling grateful and celebratory is in there, too. The solar conjunction to dreamy …The God Squad: Kalo Pascha. Rabbi Marc Gellman, Tribune Content Agency on Mar 21, 2024. Q: As a Greek Orthodox Christian, it seems I've been explaining all of my life to other Christians why Orthodox Christians celebrate what we commonly refer to as Pascha, oftentimes much later than "Western" Christians. The Orthodox only celebrate the ...Entertainment / Horoscopes / Apr 19, 2024 Mercury and Venus do a perfectly synchronized dance to welcome the Taurus sun -- an omen of prosperity, full hearts and satisfying experiences. Taurus Season is a celebration of the senses, a time of appreciation for all that allows us to take in the world.Apr 6, 2024 · Holiday Mathis on Apr 6, 2024. Two lunar conjunctions follow up the Venus change bringing consecutive breakthroughs, first theoretical then physical. Our perception of situations changes while the facts of the circumstance are still the same. But seeing things differently makes them different, and the changes soon manifest on a material level.Dear Amy: My 12-year-old granddaughter, "Casey," often stays with me during weekends. Casey has a friend from school who she has visited several times. She has had a sleepover at that friend's house - with her mom's permission. I met the friend's mother briefly; I've only seen the friend from a distance. My granddaughter led me to understand that her friend is a girl. It seems now that ...Worm Moon. Holiday Mathis on Mar 25, 2024. Consider the lowly earthworm -- a creature without ears who processes sound vibration to "hear" and, though eyeless, processes light to "see." Crucial to all that grows on planet Earth, the soil-star has much to teach us about the perfection of being the way we are and using what we have to make space ...Horoscopes / May 19, 2024 The final day of Taurus season brings quiet moments of reflection. May we find clarity and peace, knowing that each day is a blank page waiting for our unique imprint.Trump Debate, Deja Vu All Over Again. Debra Saunders on May 20, 2024. WASHINGTON -- The campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to two debates in 2024 -- the first on June 27, the second on Sept. 10 -- while signaling to the Commission on Presidential Debates its services are no longer desired.Holiday Mathis on Mar 23, 2024. Mars in the first degrees of Pisces suggests we don't rush new situations. Stay observant. Being fresh on a scene can make a person eager to fit in, but it's better to resist the social pull to conform and maintain a certain amount of independence until you understand where everyone is coming from.Cosmic Grudge Match. Holiday Mathis on May 17, 2024. Mercury and Pluto square off grudge-like, and little words like "I'm sorry" are so significant, they can change everything about a relationship. Words have the weight they are given and are valued by the effects they cause or inspire. Some people say "I'm sorry" so easily and often, it …A Vision of Luck. Holiday Mathis on Mar 17, 2024. Those who believe in manifestation know that envisioning a desired outcome with great emotion and optimism is a key step in the process of attraction. Imagining the lucky circumstance is happening now and feeling grateful and celebratory is in there, too. The solar conjunction to dreamy …Ask Amy: Wife braces herself for husband's adultery. Ask Amy / April 22, 2024. Dear Amy: I married a lovely man two years ago. We lived together for three years before marrying. We met as his first, long-term marriage was falling apart. We are both 70 years old. We spend most of our time together, ...Shaving cream and table tennis balls earn man his 171st world record. Entertainment / Weird News / May 24, 2024. (UPI) Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush covered his head in shaving cream and bounced table tennis balls to earn his 171st concurrently held title. Rush, who previously broke the record for most table tennis...Mary Hunt on Apr 8, 2024. In the same way there are rules in life for things like how to drive a car, how to cook a meal or how to manage your money, there are a few simple rules for how to wash white clothes to keep them looking brilliant and clean. And if they happen to get a bit dull, gray or yellowed, there are rules for how to restore the ...Entertainment / Horoscopes / May 12, 2024. When the moon is in Cancer, she is a mother in her glory, as this is the realm of sky that is her home. It is where her intuition is the strongest, and the instinct to nurture and protect glows like a beacon of guidance or warning, of warmth or truth-revealing illumination.New Money Moon. Holiday Mathis on May 7, 2024. The new moon in Taurus is a stroke of financial luck, though probably not in the form of a cash win. As we learn from the "lottery curse" -- the phenomenon where many lottery winners experience negative consequences from the windfall -- the most auspicious economic gains are aligned with …Venus Aligns with Uranus. Holiday Mathis on May 18, 2024. The cosmic aspects put a twist in love's drink. We might be surprised who captures our attention. Even someone who lived in a different time and/or location can attract the romantic imagination. Sure, the bond is one of ideology, but when you think about it, that's as valid as many real ...ArcaMax Content Directory Astrological Forecast by Holiday Mathis. Find out what the stars have in store for you! Get your astrology sent to your inbox daily along with a daily forecast for tomorrow! Circulation 169,255. View Sample View Site. Subscribe to Astrological Forecast Newsletter.Dear Amy: My boyfriend of 10 years (with a few breaks) does not have a close relationship with his parents and really no relationship at all with his two siblings. Little things have happened through the years that have upset people, and no one ever communicates or makes up with each other. He also doesn't have good relationships with his young adult daughters. They seem to have chosen their ...Apr 19, 2024 · Welcome to Taurus Season. Holiday Mathis on Apr 19, 2024. Mercury and Venus do a perfectly synchronized dance to welcome the Taurus sun -- an omen of prosperity, full hearts and satisfying experiences. Taurus Season is a celebration of the senses, a time of appreciation for all that allows us to take in the world.Holiday Mathis on Mar 23, 2024. Mars in the first degrees of Pisces suggests we don't rush new situations. Stay observant. Being fresh on a scene can make a person eager to fit in, but it's better to resist the social pull to conform and maintain a certain amount of independence until you understand where everyone is coming from.There's an ancient part of our brains that cannot conceive of the future. Without a concept of the future, this mind inside the mind has no discipline, no ambition and no rationality either. It wants what it wants, and always right now. The Taurus moon, hungry and ...Ask Amy: An in-law's unfiltered comment leaves a mark. Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on Nov 30, 2022. Dear Amy: I am shocked and hurt by comments my brother-in-law made to me during the recent otherwise wonderful trip my husband and I took with him and my sister. He is the most physically healthy of all of us, but perhaps he is losing ...Horoscopes / March 05, 2024 The Capricorn moon and its many aspects of the day recall how excellent decision-making is grounded in self-awareness. A pretty common way to find out what you really care about is through loss.Ask Amy: Disabled woman disturbs party guests. Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on Apr 12, 2024. Dear Amy: I'm a widower, and my significant other, "Siena," is a widow. Long ago, we dated in college (semi-seriously) for a couple years, but "life" got in the way and we drifted apart. We married other people. Both of our spouses ...Lessons From The Past Still Ring True Today. Abigail Van Buren on Mar 13, 2024. DEAR ABBY: Years ago, I sat over lunch, reading your mom's "Definition of Maturity." It was shortly after my dad died, and reading it made me realize how lucky I had been. Those were all lessons I learned at home from my parents. Perhaps this item is in your booklet.There's plenty of scientific evidence of how unprocessed pain alters minds, affects memories and distorts a person's sense of reality. The lunar conjunction to Neptune in empathetic Pisces advocates for graciousness, making allowances for others and affording large ...