DEAR DR. ROACH: Naps are a big part of the day for most of my adult friends. Please comment on their significance and any techniques that increase their value. What are good times of day to nap? What about length of naps? — N.M.G. ANSWER: Some people do very well with naps; others do not. […]
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Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inHoroscope
Taurus: Put your energy where it will do some good. Don’t make waves when what you achieve will have a more significant impact on how you live or how you do things.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Candace Parker, 36; Hayden Christensen, 41; Kate Hudson, 43; Ashley Judd, 55. Happy Birthday: Take the high road, keep the peace and use your intelligence to guide you in the right direction. Look at the big picture, source what you can afford and turn it into something worthwhile. Patience will […]
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Posted inSun Spots
J & O Irish Museum holding plant and yard sales this spring
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Hartford Heritage Society will hold its annual plant sale May 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the J & O Irish Museum on Main Street (Route 140) in Hartford. All perennials are $3 each and larger plants and shrubs are $5 each. There will also be raffle items inside […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on April 18
100 Years Ago: 1922 Stores report unusually good business for last week, especially for the Saturday preceding Easter Sunday. Threatening skies Saturday declined to have deterred many people from purchasers, and buying after Easter Sunday is brisker than the same time last year. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Normand Blais, proprietor of Blais’ Flower Shop, will […]
Posted inDear Abby
Travel plans complicated by boyfriend’s guilt trip
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend is 60 and has an autoimmune disease. He’s dependent on oxygen and suffers a great deal. He can drive, walk and care for himself, although I assist in his care quite a bit. I was invited to take a trip with my daughter and my sisters to London next month for […]
Posted inDr. Roach
What’s the next step for osteoarthritis of the spine?
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 68 and have osteoarthritis all over — neck, spine, hips, knees, shoulders, hands — and all are getting worse. One hip was replaced two years ago, and my shoulder was replaced four months ago. Four years ago, X-rays showed arthritis in my spine and severe stenosis in lower lumbar (L4-L5). I’m […]
Posted inHoroscope
Aries: Take pride in what you do, and embrace what life has to offer.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: America Ferrera, 38; Melissa Joan Hart, 46; Conan O’Brien, 59; Jane Leeves, 61. Happy Birthday: Use intelligence, not force, to navigate your way through life. Strategy, plans, motivation and discipline are your ways to success and contentment. Work solo to minimalize setbacks. Aim to spend less and do more of […]
Posted inSun Spots
Help, advice requested for converting school bus into tiny house
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Last fall my husband and I purchased a 2003 Thomas Freightliner school bus with plans to renovate it into a tiny house for our family. We very much want to get off assistance and are on a budget. My husband is graduating from Central Maine Community College and we are attempting to […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Waterville Opera House to host Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones
Dean Ford and The Beautiful Ones plan to return to the Waterville Opera House at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at 1 Common St. in Waterville. Dressed 2 the 9s, Dean Ford embodies Prince with every fiber of his being, giving audiences a show as close as they will ever get to the real thing. […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Maine Mountain Chamber to Perform at UMF
ArtsFarmington recently announced the return of Maine Mountain Chamber Music to Nordica Auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24, in Merrill Hall, 224 Main St. in Farmington. MMCM founders Yuri Funahashi, piano, and Laurie Kennedy, viola, will be joined by violinist Charles Dimmick and cellist Leo Eguchi. The program consists of Zoltan Kodaly’s Duo for […]