Lifestyle

Dear Abby Jeanne Phillips Dear Abby: I’ve been in a “friend with benefits” relationship for more than a year now. I’m 57 and he’s 79.

Dear Neil: I am looking for a tree to place in a cemetery. It must be less than 4-inch caliper, fast-growing, hardwood, long-lived and with very few “droppings,” as neighbors’ markers must be kept clean. I have been researching a male Chinese pistachio which seems to fit the criteria and the Keith Davey selection seems ideal. A local tree farm owner tells me that any real tree farm would cull the females out and sell only the males. I’d like to plant this fall. What would you suggest?

One year, Ms. Linda, carrying a sharpshooter shovel, and I, lugging a bucket, waded along the highway as trucks and cars whizzed by. We dug up three young Compass Plants for the Japanese Peace Garden. The key here was young, since these sunflowers have taproots. All three survived the first year. The second year two were mowed down. This year the three Compass Plants are still alive and well in the Deep Fork Prairie Garden. A true native prairie plant.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a highly active 74-year-old female. I walk a mile and a half every morning (my dog insists), then do two step-aerobic classes with weights, two serious weight workouts with a trainer, 1-3 miles on an elliptical walker and 2-4 hours of horseback riding, plus miscellaneous activities and yard work each week. My left hip is getting a bit wonky. The X-ray results are “moderate degenerative arthritis.” I have lost maybe 20 degrees of outward rotation. Right now, the discomfort level is comparatively minor; a couple of Advil work. Generally, the arthritis doesn’t interfere with activities, I just get achy.

Weeknight ease married to plump texture and briny sweetness. It’s why shrimp is one of our staple go-to dinner solutions. Simply stir-fry a few aromatics and spices until fragrant, toss in the shrimp, and dinner is on the table in 20 minutes.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Picture it: A vacant Beverly Hills bistro has been transformed into the set of a 1980s sitcom about four women living in Miami — but it’s also a working restaurant.

Dear Abby: I come from a large, close family. The majority of them live in another state. A couple of family members live in the same state I reside in. One night, my uncle came over and we were hanging out having drinks. We both drank too much and at some point, he started to kiss my neck. I told him to stop because he is family, and he did. Luckily, nothing more happened. The next day he texted and called profusely apologizing. I have been hurt, sad and angry ever since. He wanted to talk about it, but I didn’t.

Lion President James Johnson called the Sherman Noon Lions Club meeting to order and w e l c ome d members and Don Kelly offered the prayer. Gary Park led the Pledge of Al l egi anc e followed by words of wisdom.