Last word on astrology
plans. Take responsibility and do the work necessary to reach your goal. ★★★
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Look at the bright side, be positive and use your charm and diplomacy to win favors. Shoot for the stars, and put in the energy required to meet your expectations. A personal change will turn out better than anticipated. ★★★★★
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Leave well enough alone when dealing with a friend, relative or lover. Bide your time, and work on personal growth and creative endeavors. Steer clear of trouble and people who are negative or judgmental. Do your own thing. ★★
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll gain insight into what’s happening if you trust your instincts and rely on experience. Speak up and make your feelings and intentions clear. Open a dialogue that will expose everyone’s true feelings. Do something to lift your spirits. ★★★★
Dear Amy: I am a 73year-old man. My wife died three years ago. This year would have been our 50th year of marriage.
Although we had many ups and downs throughout our marriage, we loved each other and raised two wonderful children who now have children of their own. (I also have a daughter from a previous marriage.)
I have many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
I love and live for my family. I don’t know what I would have done without them after my wife’s death.
Over 40 years ago my wife caught me kissing “Doreen,” my friend’s wife, while we were at a party. Nothing more ever happened. My wife never really got over the betrayal, but we agreed to stay together and work on our marriage. We also stayed friends with Doreen and her husband. He died 25 years ago.
Through the years
In the wake of Naomi Judd’s death, her daughter Wynonna has announced she’s going out on the Judds’ farewell tour anyway. And she won’t be singing solo.
On various dates in the 11-show tour, Faith Hill, Brandi Carlile, Little Big Town, Martina Mcbride, Ashley Mcbryde and Trisha Yearwood will take up the microphone left empty when Naomi Judd took her life April 30 at 76. The tour announcement was made Thursday via Twitter.
Additional guests will be announced soon, the tweet said.
Wynonna vowed last week to “continue to sing” in her mother’s honor, saying during a TV special celebrating the life and career of the country music legend that she would do it because “that is what she would want.”
“It may look a little different now, but we WILL continue to honor The Judds’ legacy!,” Wynonna wrote on Twitter.
The farewell tour kicks off Sept. 30 in Grand Rapids, Mich., and ends Oct. 29 in Kentucky. A full schedule and tickets are available on the act’s website.
Doreen and I have stayed friends through email, Facebook, phone calls, kids’ birthday parties, etc. My children know her and have always been friendly toward her.
Doreen and I have spoken on the phone many times in the years after my wife’s death (the
“kiss” has never been mentioned). I’ve become interested in dating her.
I mentioned her to my son recently and he was very adamant that he did not want me to date her. He said his sister(s) agreed with him.
I don’t even know if Doreen would go out with me, but am I wrong to want her to be a part of my life? I’m afraid my
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have welcomed a baby boy, according to multiple reports.
The couple, who first revealed her pregnancy with a belly-baring Harlem photo shoot in January, became parents May 13 in Los Angeles, said TMZ, the first to report the birth Thursday based on unnamed sources.
During her pregnancy, Rihanna stunned in designer looks that showed off her growing bump, but her pregnancy wasn’t drama free.
The 33-year-old A$AP was arrested April 20 at
Los Angeles International Airport in connection with a shooting in Hollywood last year, authorities said. The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was accused of firing a handgun at an acquaintance, who sustained a minor injury and later sought medical treatment, police said.
People magazine, citing an unnamed source, said A$AP and Rihanna, 34, are home in Los Angeles with the baby, their first.
The two went public with their relationship in 2020.
Dear Friends: When you essentially ask someone for permission to live your life within completely respectable boundaries, you take a risk that they will say, “No.”
And — reporting my own non-scientific findings and insight, I’d say that around 70 percent of adult children say a quick “no” to the prospect of their older parent dating after a loss. (They often come around later.)
Just as you don’t have the power to run your kids’ lives, you should not give them the power to run yours.
So, don’t ask.
For now, the only asking on your part should be confined to “Doreen.” Furthermore, I hope you won’t make the mistake of believing that you need to explain or apologize for a regrettable choice you made 40 years ago, which you and your wife dealt with as well as you could.
My overall point is that your health and happiness should be the most important thing to the people who love you. Handle this new relationship discreetly and in thoughtful stages.
Dear Amy: Ah, I sighed when I read your response to “A Friend” about a broken friendship: “True friends are daffodils in the snow, and they are well worth freezing for.”
I’m currently experiencing a friendship that is dying on the vine; this helped me to put it in perspective.
Dear Moving On: This analogy was inspired by venturing into a snowstorm to rescue some wounded daffodils.