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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015 FEATURES Tomorrow’s horoscope Happy Thanksgiving to all Dear Readers: Happy Thanks- giving to one and all! We hope you are fortunate enough to be spending the holiday with family and friends, and that you will re- member those who are alone and would love to be included with your family. Our special thanks to those readers who are spending the day volunteering at shelters and soup kitchens. Bless you. Dear Annie: A while back you printed a letter from “Desperate Times,” a disabled single moth- er of two. She said her parents offered to buy her a house, but her sister tried to block it, even though she was married and well- off. I have two sisters and a brother. My brother had a heart transplant 25 years ago. He had four children and was inundated with medical bills. Our parents bought a house for our brother and his family to live in. As our parents grew older, I suggested they give the house to my brother now, not as part of his inheritance later. Mom said it wouldn’t be fair to the rest of us. She explained that a few years be- fore, she and Dad wanted to give our brother $1,000, but didn’t feel our blessings. Here’s a poem we have printed in the past that might remind everyone of these things: “Things to Be Thankful For” Creators (Author Unknown) Syndicate Inc. Be thankful for the clothes WKDW¿WDOLWWOHWRRVQXJEHFDXVHLW Kathy Mitchell means you have enough to eat. and Be thankful for the mess you Marcy Sugar clean up after a party, because it means you have been surrounded it fair unless they gave the same by friends. amount to all of us. I remember Be thankful for the taxes you how grateful I was, since it took pay, because it means that you are two years off of our very young employed. mortgage. Be thankful that your lawn I reminded Mom that they had needs mowing and your windows always been there for each one QHHG¿[LQJEHFDXVHLWPHDQV\RX of us kids when we needed them, have a home. and each one of us needed them in Be thankful for your heating different ways. That’s what fair is. bill, because it means you are My sisters agreed that my broth- warm. er and his wife should have the Be thankful for the laundry, be- house. cause it means you have clothes to When our parents died and we wear. had to divide up their belongings, Be thankful for the lady who there was no greediness or resent- sings off-key behind you in church, ment. It became part of our dealing because it means you can hear. with the grief we also shared. How Be thankful people complain WKDQNIXO , DP QRW WR KDYH VHO¿VK about the government, because it jealous siblings. — Grateful Sister means we have freedom of speech. and Daughter Be thankful for the alarm that Dear Grateful: Your letter is goes off in the early morning D JRRG ¿W IRU 7KDQNVJLYLQJ 'D\ hours, because it means you’re when we all should take a look at alive. Annie’s Mailbox 3B By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). As you tend to your life consciously you will be aware of much going on with your subconscious. Your inner world is active and interesting, speaking to you with such clarity that you’ll find it extremely hard to ignore. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You won’t feel motivated to do today’s work, but you’ll do it anyway. Sometimes it frustrates you that others don’t share your sense of duty, but you can appreciate how this also sets you apart as a leader. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll get as much attention as you give. Enjoy this rare moment of perfect mutuality and balanced affections. You can relax into the idea that fair is fair. CANCER (June 22-July 22). The day will be shaped by the age-old question of what to eat. The same foods can be made in hun- dreds of ways. There are more than a few people who like the way you make it best! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may feel that agreeing with those around you is part of your job. It certainly is a lot easier than dis- agreeing, and yet today it won’t serve your project to go along when you know there’s something wrong in the plan. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You might be initially stumped by today’s relationship problem, but don’t give up. What seems difficult will actually be rather simple when you’re willing to go at it from another angle. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s such a natural, easy pace going with what you’re doing now. It’s nice when you can make progress without pushing yourself or any- one else. Bonus: You’ve increased immunity to stress and illness. FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Figure out what you want before you start the discus- sion. People will listen carefully to what you say and take you quite literally. Now is a time to be very careful about how you word things. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Hen- ry David Thoreau suggested that a person “beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” What you’re planning falls into the category, but all will be well as long as you don’t forget the “old you” in the process. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you can do it just about as easily as another per- son could, don’t involve the other person. This is a time for reminding everyone just how independent you are. You’ll be about as happy as you are self-reliant. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re tougher than your circumstances have al- lowed you to prove. It might help you now to think of yourself as forged titanium, built solid from the ground up — no shortcuts, no alloys. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your wa- ter-sign nature will connect you with a social tide. You might not be sure you like where it’s headed, but swimming against it will tire you out. Besides, there’s an opportunity here. FRIDAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 27). Con- necting with your spiritual core, which is in- finite and eternal and part of everything, you release the need to prove your status. Being unworried of your standing, you are able to connect with great bounty. You’ll make deci- sions for love in December. February brings beauty and change to your environment. Aquarius and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 33, 28, 18 and 5.
