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Wanting to be seen

I recently came across a curious headline: “The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering.” Very few people leaving the workplace have prepared for losing a big part of their identity, according to the Wall Street Journal article. They long to “feel seen” in the next chapter of life. Much has been written about the desire to “be seen” or “feel valued” or “to matter.” And not only for retirees. Much social research centers on the “visibility” problems faced by so-called marginalized people. And YouTube is awash in “style after 50” videos for women ...

Horoscope

The earthy lunar trine to Uranus, the planet of surprises, is a specific kind of omen. From the abundant water-sign energy, an island rises, inviting us sailors on life’s endless sea to take a rest from the rocking waves to do the kind of work that can only be accomplished on land. It’s the work of repair that can’t be adjusted mid-voyage. We’ll return to the water better equipped for the voyage ahead. ARIES (March 21-April 19). You can’t accurately map your options from inside your head. Your sense of what’s possible can be distorted by incomplete information or ...

Choosing my next chapter

Dear Annie: My children are trying to move me into assisted living, and I feel like I’m being slowly erased. I am in my early 80s, and I still live in the home where I raised my kids. It is not fancy, but it is mine. I know every creaky stair. I know which window sticks in the winter. I have neighbors who check in on me, a routine that keeps me grounded and a life that feels familiar and dignified. Here is the part that makes me feel misunderstood. Last Sunday, I hosted what I have hosted for years, coffee and banana bread after church. Nothing glamorous. Just a few neighbors at ...

Hints From Heloise

Make the most of the food you buy Dear Heloise: When I buy a rotisserie chicken, I eat one leg and thigh while it is nice, warm and tasty. Then I put the bag of chicken in the fridge. I later take the breast meat off for chicken salad to eat alone or as a sandwich, and I always put a 1/2 teaspoon of curry powder in the chicken salad. I use the remaining leg and thigh meat to make a chicken noodle casserole and boil up everything else into a delicious soup. — Fran, via email Fran, during the depression, our grandmothers often made the most of everything they had. As they said then, ...

Questions mount in Congress over Iran war’s costs, risks and exit plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions flared as questions mounted at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for war with Iran as lawmakers demand answers over the strategy, exit plan and costs to Americans in lives and dollars in what is quickly becoming a widening Middle East conflict. Trump officials arrived at the Capitol for a second day of closed-door briefings, this time with all members of the House and Senate as the administration tries to stave off a looming war powers resolution vote intended to restrict Trump’s ability to continue the joint ...

Dow drops 400, oil prices climb even higher

NEW YORK (AP) — A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street Tuesday, while oil prices climbed even higher on worries about the widening war with Iran. But the big moves that rocked markets in the morning eased substantially as the day progressed. By the end of trading, the S&P 500 had sunk 0.9%. That would be a solid loss on a typical day, but the index had been down as much as 2.5% in the morning because of worries that the war may do more sustained damage to the economy than feared. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 403 points, or 0.8%, after ...