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6A FEATURES TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE Stressing about getting older Dear Annie: My 30th birthday is you’ll focus not on how much time just around the corner, and it’s both- is passing but on how much progress ering me more than I’d like to admit. you’re making. I’d also recommend I know that right about now, people volunteering with a local nonprofit. older than I am are probably read- Being of service to others helps us ing this and feeling insulted and/ realize we’re part of something time- or rolling their eyes. I don’t mean less and bigger than our individual selves. any offense. I’ve just never DEAR Lastly, learn to love wanted to grow up. Even those crow’s-feet. As the when I was a kid, birthdays ANNIE forever-youthful Jimmy bummed me out. (OK, I Buffett sang, wrinkles only liked the presents and cake.) A few months ago, I go where smiles have been. noticed crow’s-feet start- Happy birthday. Keep ing at the corner of one smiling. eye. They don’t bother Dear Annie: I read a me for cosmetic reasons. poignant letter in your col- Lane umn from “Ann in Illinois.” It’s just that seeing wrin- Annie Creators Syndicate Inc. kles reminds me I’m get- It was about some aban- doned dogs. I wanted to ting older and time is pass- ing more and more quickly. And that share something that happened to me stresses me out! that sheds some light on how some Before I enter the mopey sad spi- strays become “abandoned.” ral, do you have any advice on cop- In 2011, I was traveling ing with this whole aging thing? cross-country to a dream job. I — Twenty-Something packed up my old car with what I’d Dear Twenty-Something: Treat need to get started again and loaded every day like the gift it is and you’ll up my elderly dog and two older come to view growing older as a cats, and off we went. At one point, blessing. After all, some people don’t when we were within a day’s drive get the chance to do it. of our new life, I stopped to let my Make time your ally rather than dog out to stretch and do her busi- your enemy. The trick to this is tak- ness. But when I opened the door, ing up hobbies and pursuing goals one of my cats broke out of his ken- you truly care about. That way, nel (the door wasn’t fully latched) and took off. Long story short, while trying to chase him, I slipped on wet grass and broke my ankle. I was taken away in an ambulance. It was a full week before I was released from the hospital. I checked in to the Super 8 that was close to where I’d lost my cat and used the last of my money to stay another week, hobbling out to the parking lot and calling for him. I was able to reach out to some local animal groups, which sent people to put out some traps in the area and put up posters. But he was never found. I’m sure that anyone who might have picked him up from that park- ing area thought someone had dumped him. That was not the case. Sometimes bad things happen and pets get away. If anyone reading this picked up a beautiful silver tabby with blue eyes and a crumpled ear in May 2011, that was my Mookie. I hope he found safety and love, because he was deeply loved by me. I miss him every day. — Marcia in Oregon Dear Marcia: You’re right. One shouldn’t assume every stray animal was abandoned. I can tell Mookie still holds a big place in your heart. It sounds as though you were both better for having known each other. Animals bring so much love into this world. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018 By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). Success is a pret- ty simple formula for you today. You’ll trade your solution to a person who can use it for their problem. The price will be easy to agree upon. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Today, you’re try- ing to hit that high note. Once you find it, move on. When you start to feel great about the situation, ask no further questions. Sail on with that tone, taking action in a positive direction. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When attraction takes the form of infatuation, the excitement floats up like a helium balloon, distancing itself from the reality of the ground. It’s a fun ride, though it’s important to know that what goes up always comes down. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your inventive mind is sparkling with potential today, so put it to good use. Think about the problems that plague people. Don’t doubt that you could be the one to create products and services people dearly want. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you know you’re going to be in something for a long, long time, you’d better make sure it’s comfortable. This applies to homes, clothes and relation- ships. Time can turn the slightest rub into a torture. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Every single per- son who walks the planet is flawed. Surround yourself with people whose flaws you can tolerate, because to spend your minutes raging against another person’s flaws is the definition of futility. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Spread your attention around today, otherwise things get too intense. If you place too much emotion on one person or subject, other things will fall out of balance. 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). Most people don’t like going places where they feel they must always be “on.” Comfortable is good. You’ll rack up the nice interactions today and this goes a great way toward creating a sense of stability. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The tendency is to fantasize about a future in which things will be and feel different, more fun, more exciting ... but actually how you feel today is a gauge of how you might feel tomorrow. So feel great today! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There’s nothing to be done about the parts you can’t control. It will go wrong; it will go right. The best you can do is to extract an interpretation that helps you feel joyful. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ve so much to teach others and yet you don’t realize it because it’s difficult to see what you already know. Being around people who are different from you will give you a more accurate per- spective of what you have to offer. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It’s another one of those counterintuitive social rules that will apply to today’s interactions: The more you try and impress, the less impressed they are. The answer isn’t to be careless; it’s to be carefree. TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (May 31). In business and in love it will happen the same way. The more self-contained, autonomous and independent you are, the more people will want to be a part of your life and work. Deals will be struck in July. Family will have wonders to celebrate together in 2019. Your education will pay off, and you’ll decide to further it, too. Capricorn and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 41, 20, 6, 31 and 9.