By Kevin Theissen It’s not uncommon for people to pay more in taxes than anticipated because our tax system treats various income types differently and has tax and penalties that many are unaware of. One way to consider the stages […]
Category: Column
Cosmic catalogue, Horoscope Archives, Horoscopes, Lifestyle
Weekly horoscopes for Feb. 2-8, 2022
Aries March 21 - April 20 You may be feeling the pressure and the relief at the same time this week. Mars, your guiding star, forms a link to benevolent Jupiter. Not the strongest of connections, nonetheless, it may be […]
Column, Funologist
Emptying the room
The Funologist’s guide to getting ‘unstuck’ By Sandra Dee Owens The smallest room My brain is approximately 6” long. A rather small space to keep organized it would seem, yet of all the rooms I own, this one is the […]
Column, Cosmic catalogue, Horoscope Archives, Horoscopes, Lifestyle
Time to try something new
By Cassandra Tyndall The week is the final week of the first month of the new year. It’s amazing how fast that time flew by. It’s quite possible that just a month ago you were feeling focused about your goals […]
Column, Looking Back
Starting to seek out seeds
By Mary Ellen Shaw Just in case you aren’t an enthusiast of snow covered ground, let’s look ahead this week to spending time in the garden. When the second half of January arrives my thoughts turn to playing in the […]
Cosmic catalogue, Horoscope Archives, Horoscopes, Lifestyle
Weekly horoscopes for Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, 2022
Aries March 21 - April 20 After a period of rest and reflection, you’re now ready to strike out in a new direction professionally or make choices concerning your major life plans. If you’ve been dealing with any relationship difficulties, […]
Column, The Outside Story
Downy woodpeckers are well adapted to winter
By Lee Emmons On winter mornings, I often venture outside to photograph the assembly of birds that visit the feeders in my front yard. One of the regular visitors is the diminutive downy woodpecker, which clings to my peanut feeder, […]
Column, Movie Diary
For the love of the game
By Dom Cioffi When I was in middle school in the early 1980s, I played in a flag football league sponsored by our city’s recreation department. The league brought together kids from all the local schools and organized them onto […]
Column, Money Matters
Market predictions for 2022
By Kevin Theissen By any measure, 2021 was a strong year for investors. But what’s in store for 2022? From my perspective, I expect that many of the same forces that influenced markets last year will play a role again […]
Column, Living the Dream
Enjoying togetherness on the ride up
By Merisa Sherman We shuffle though the lift line, our neckies pulled up over our noses in the crowd. I look over one shoulder, then the other, to see if we have moved up any relative to the strangers on […]