BEIJING — It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi once dreamed of a pastry during the final decades of imperial China. The same treat was served to her at breakfast the following morning. Delighted, she summoned her chef and rewarded him with a silver ingot. “It was originally called ...
DEAR HELOISE: Just read an avid reader’s suggestion about employees/staff wearing name tags so that people can know their names. Why not just ask them? It is more personal and shows that you really care. —- Al S., via email DEAR HELOISE I have a suggestion for Alice, in New York, on removing fountain pen ink. I used expensive specialized products with limited success, until my sister told me about Pears soap. She uses it to remove red wine stains from cloth napkins, so I thought it’d be good to get fountain pen ink off my hands. It works great! I buy the gold transparent soap ...
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will play the Robins Theatre on Nov. 13. Skaggs is a 15-time Grammy winner and inductee in both the Country and Bluegrass halls of fame. He played with bluegrass legend Bill Monroe when he was 6 years old, and appeared on the “Flatt & Scruggs” syndicated TV show the following year, earning his first paycheck as a musician. In the mid 1970s, Skaggs was joined by Leavittsburg native Jerry Douglas in the influential bluegrass band J.D. Crowe & the New South. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show start at $39 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Etix.
Tuesday evening TV listings for Aug. 25
To include or update items in the weekly Health News list, email information to tmunnell@tribtoday.com or dbigelow@tribtoday.com. The deadline for inclusion for next week’s list is noon Sunday. ST. JOE’S AT THE MALL Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Eastwood Mall. • EXERCISE CLASSES AVAILABLE — Call 330-652-7542 to inquire and register. • FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS: 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, and 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Thursdays. • DIETITIAN AVAILABLE: by appointment every first and third Friday; no cost — call ...
DEAR ANNIE: In response to all the working mothers who are weighed down by guilt, I’d like to share my experience. I am 75 years old, and when I was growing up, my mother worked from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. I usually came home from school around 3:30 or 4, and my memories of that time are nothing but warm. Before leaving for work, my mother made dinner for my father to heat up later. She ate her own dinner at 4, and I would sit at the table with her and tell her about my day. She always gave me one bite from her plate while we talked, and somehow that small ritual has stayed with me ...
