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Horoscope: Aug. 2

Sunday, Aug. 2 Doors open when you speak your wishes. As you develop and share your unique takes, whole rooms reorganize around you. Aries (March 21-April 19) What will happen if you trim extra words from your correspondence, your conversations, your stories, your instructions or your requests? Try it and find out. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Those who do nothing invite very little criticism. Those who take initiative attract opinions. Gemini (May 21-June 21) Someone can be funny, generous, vain, insecure, ambitious and pretentious all at once because people are mixtures. Seek ...

Diseases spread by tick bite take time to transmit

Ask the Doctors Dr. Eve Glazier and Dr. Elizabeth Ko Dear Doctors: I got bitten by a tick in April. That’s earlier than our tick season here usually starts. I went to urgent care, and the doctor said that because I was sure it had been attached for less than an hour, a Lyme infection wasn’t likely. Is that true? Should I have done anything else? Dear Reader: To say it is unsettling to find a tick attached to your skin is probably an understatement. To the tick, you represent the blood meal it needs to advance through its next stage of life. But to the mammal that has become its ...

Wife: Can opposite partners find some adventure together?

Dear Annie By Annie Lane Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 15 years, and we agree on most things except how to spend our free time. I love to travel. Even a long weekend in a new city makes me feel excited and alive. I enjoy planning the itinerary, trying local restaurants and coming home with stories and memories. My husband would rather stay home, work in the yard, watch a game and sleep in his own bed. Whenever I suggest a trip, he immediately starts listing the cost, the airport delays, the crowds and everything that could go wrong. Last year, I planned a ...

Many astronomical objects cataloged by Messier visible this month

Stargazers By Dennis Mammana One of the most profound experiences a stargazer can have is to stand under the Milky Way on a clear August night far from city lights and see the wispy bunches of stars so tightly packed that they appear to the eye as a hazy band of light punctuated not only by bright individual stars but by tiny regions that appear as hazy clumps. Aim binoculars or a small telescope toward these “faint fuzzies,” as astronomers affectionately call them, and you’ll walk the same celestial path as Charles Messier did two and a half centuries ago. Messier was an ...

House of the Week-Rutherford

The Rutherford is a remarkable Craftsman house plan that draws inspiration from the elegance of Victorian Stick architecture while embracing the open layouts and amenities today’s homeowners desire. With 3,031 square feet of living space, four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and a three-car side-entry garage, this two-story home offers a distinctive blend of timeless design and contemporary comfort. Its richly detailed exterior has decorative gable trusses, gently arched windows, stone veneer accents and a variety of rooflines that create a memorable façade that recalls the craftsmanship ...

Make sure the can is truly empty when recycling sunscreen

Do Just One Thing Danny Seo Empty spray sunscreen cans are recyclable, but there’s a hitch: Make sure it’s truly empty so it can be recycled. Press the nozzle until all of the product and propellant have been released –– you should no longer hear any hissing or spraying sounds. Never puncture, crush or try to manually vent the can. Once it’s empty, remove the plastic cap and spray nozzle, and place those in the trash. The empty metal canister can then be recycled with other metal containers in normal curbside recycling bins. ≥ ≥ ≥ Don’t toss broken or outdated ...