THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016
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Tomorrow’s horoscope
Upset about lack of concern
Dear Annie: In October, I vis-
ited my family in France. Three
weeks after I returned home, the
terrorist attacks occurred. My hus-
band was out of town and I was all
alone. My family in France, thank-
fully, was safe.
I consider myself a loyal friend.
However, only one person called to
ask about my family and about me.
That person was actually a business
acquaintance. I am deeply grateful
for that call, but truly surprised and
disappointed that there were no oth-
ers. A family member phoned two
days later, saying he had been so
busy with work that he didn’t hear
about the attacks until later. I was
polite, but seriously, people would
have to be living under a rock not to
have heard the news immediately.
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time for me, and I am terribly hurt
and angry that no one else took a
few seconds to ask whether my
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I was handling things. I received
a Christmas card from one friend
who wrote only to brag about her
job promotion.
Annie, all of these so-called
friends are well aware that much
of my family lives in France. I no
longer wish to associate with these
people. What can I say if any of
nursing home or were homebound
and unable to correspond. Or may-
be they had died.
So when my mother moved to a
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nursing home near us, I decided to
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make sure this didn’t happen to her.
I wrote a newsy letter about how
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she was doing, and added where
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she was living, along with the ad-
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them call and want to get together December.
Well, Annie, I want to tell you
with me? — Still Hurting
Dear Hurting: People tend to that the response was overwhelm-
be self-absorbed and sometimes ing. She received Christmas cards
don’t think of another person’s spe- from nearly all of her friends. Some
FL¿FVLWXDWLRQZKHQWKH\KHDUDERXW wrote long, newsy letters of their
a tragedy far away. Please give own, and a few of them even wrote
your friends a chance to make it up letters to me.
It was very rewarding and grat-
to you. If they call, tell them that
you were hurt and disappointed ifying, and Mom felt that she was
that you didn’t hear from them at still a part of her friends’ lives. I
the time. Give them the opportunity thought you might like to pass this
to apologize. You will be much less on to others so they will know to do
angry and upset if you can grant it during the next holiday season.
forgiveness and start fresh. Of — Grateful Daughter
Dear Daughter: This is a sweet
course, if they offer feeble excuses
and make no attempt to say they are idea and an excellent way to keep
sorry, feel free to stop responding others apprised of Mom’s situation
and encourage them to contact her.
to their calls.
Dear Annie: As my mother got Seniors, especially those who move
older, she used to worry about her away from familiar surroundings,
faraway friends when she didn’t often feel isolated. Thank you for
hear from them at Christmas. She providing a lovely way to stay con-
thought maybe they had gone into a nected.
Annie’s
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By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you hit
the mid-day slump, one happy memory is all
it takes to connect you with inner magic. Re-
member the situations, people and things
that bring you joy. The spark of that thought
will get your energy going again.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may
have to change an agreement; do so at the
earliest opportunity. You won’t exactly be
met with enthusiasm, but, if you wait, things
could get worse. Renegotiate as soon as
possible.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No, you’re not
dreaming this or fabricating it: You actually
do have healing powers. Your touch, your lis-
tening ear and the love in your gaze all send
soul nutrition right where it is most needed.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). When you
have a mystical mindset, the world is filled
with sprites, imps, trolls and the like. It might
help you to think of the people around you
as specific creatures, each with unique at-
tributes.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). One man’s trivi-
ality is the whole world of another. You do
not share the same passions as some of the
people around you. Even so, your respect
for what they love will keep you in good
stead.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Modesty is a
primer for the mind. It makes for optimum
receptivity and quick learning. Head into that
potentially educational environment and
leave all prior knowledge behind.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Segal’s Law
states that “A man with a watch knows what
time it is. A man with two watches is never
sure.” To eliminate doubt, narrow down your
options considerably.
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). Choose
your company according to tone, not ex-
perience. The upbeat people may have the
wrong answers, but that’s something that
can be sorted out with the right attitude.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The
shape of the physical world changes. Forms
expand, contract, sag, implode — but feel-
ings are immune to forces such as gravity.
The durability of feelings will work for you
today. Use it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). For
deeply evolutionary reasons, good memo-
ries are harder to hold on to than bad ones.
You’ll set the balance right and make your-
self and others happy by recording a memo-
ry through writing or pictures.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Of course,
you have much better things to think about
than your reputation and/or effect on others.
And yet there is something you want that
will be much easier to obtain once you align
your public image with it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The one
who becomes a master of his or her time will
become a master of many things. That said,
the extra moments you give to a loved one
may put you back, but you’ll never regret the
expense of those minutes.
WEDNESDAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 13).
Do not doubt the power of love. One nour-
ishing relationship will change everything
in the first trimester of the year. February
brings a happy development in the realm
of health and fitness. A work cycle ends in
March and new exciting projects start. July
and October bring financial bonanza. Can-
cer and Taurus adore you. Your lucky num-
bers are: 9, 22, 28, 15 and 19.