THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015
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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”
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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.
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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
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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.