CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jameela Jamil, 35; Rashida Jones, 45; Chelsea Handler, 46; Sean Astin, 50. Happy Birthday: You’ll be looking for answers this year, questioning everything and considering what to do next. Your energy is in high gear, and your desire to bring about change will keep you moving full speed ahead. Look […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inDear Abby
Only grandchild announces transition to living as a boy
DEAR ABBY: My granddaughter just informed me she has decided she would be happier living as a boy, and she has gone so far as to legally change her name. I want to be supportive, but I admit I’m having a lot of trouble accepting it, or at least figuring out how to deal with […]
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Posted inDr. Roach
Tracking down the cause of a throat tickle
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 74 and in very good health. I’m active and walk twice daily. Maybe a few times a day I get a tickle in my throat that causes me to cough a few times. If I suck on a hard candy or take a drink of water, it is soothed. It […]
Posted inSun Spots
Internet companies offer services at a discount for qualified customers
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Is there an internet service in the Lewiston area that gives a senior discount? There are retired folks on a fixed income that cannot afford the internet and are losing out on being able to keep in touch with family such as FaceTime and other video chatting during these times. — Colette, […]
Posted inEncore
Food for Thought program features Susan Poulin
How Ida Changed My Life: The Power of an Alter Ego
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Live from Home with duquette and dancer
Live from Home with Duquette and Dancer will be livestreamed at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, presented by Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath. Rob and Amanda Duquette will present an intimate experience for audiences of all generations, using music and dance to tell stories and express universal human emotions. Rob is a multi-instrumentalist and […]
Posted inHoroscope
Gemini: Knowledge is powerful and will lead to opportunity and new beginnings
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: O’Shea Jackson Jr., 30; Billy Zane, 55; Helen Shaver, 70; Edward James Olmos, 74. Happy Birthday: Don’t limit what you can do. Verify facts, and move forward with confidence. Be willing to put in the energy and time required to make a difference. Positive acts will bring the results you […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Feb. 24
100 Years Ago: 1921 Enrico Caruso watched the falling snow that blanketed New York today from a window near his sick bed, and with the yearning of a schoolboy with the measles declared: “It looks fine.” While the tenor was enjoying the snow his physicians issued a bulletin indicating his improvement. His family also planned to take him […]
Posted inDear Abby
Punishment doesn’t fit crime after boy is caught with porn
DEAR ABBY: When I stopped by my brother’s house a couple of weeks ago, he mentioned that his 9-year-old son was grounded in his bedroom. He was being punished for snooping in his dad’s vintage collection of porn. At first I was upset with my brother and his wife, because it was their fault that […]
Posted inDr. Roach
The best reason to take vitamin D is when level is low
DEAR DR. ROACH: These days, when vitamin D is recommended at every turn, I need to be sure I am taking the right dose. When I took 5,000 IU daily, my blood calcium levels increased and my doctor said to cut back to 2,000 IU daily. Now I read that we should be taking 5,000 […]