RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When the Archbishop of the Brazilian city of Manaus Leonardo Steiner kneels before Pope Francis on August 27, the Brazilian clergyman will make history as the first cardinal to come from the Amazon region.
In Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, a version of the film’s director, Dean Fleischer-Camp (played by himself), stumbles onto a pair of sentient shells, Marcel (Jenny Slate) and his grandmother Nanna Connie (Isabella Rossellini) while staying in an Airbnb. These two little shells used to be part of a large collection of shells that called this place home. Unfortunately, when the old owners of the domicile separated, Marcel and Connie were left behind. Now surviving on their own, Fleisher-Camp gets to discover what a unique day-to-day life the duo lead. In fact, he finds it so compelling that begins to film everything involving these people, hence the mockumentary format of this motion picture. Once Marcel’s exploits begin to take off online, this tiny shell begins to wonder if it’d be possible to go on a journey to recover his lost family. “Incidentally insightful” is the
Dear Abby: My husband and I have inherited four dogs from relatives. I was out of state for a month (my husband was home) when two of them were dognapped, driven 42 miles away and abandoned in the wilderness. I suspected who had done it right away, but when I heard where the dogs had been abandoned, I knew without a doubt. We were lucky: One dog was microchipped, which eventually led him back to us. Both were cared for by rescue foundations until I could bring them home.
Dear Dr. Roach: My girlfriend had a routine gynecological exam and a colposcopy, and was positive for HPV 6 and had something called CIN1. She was told to come back in a year. Do I need to worry about this? -- P.A.A.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — You enter Discovery Place’s new grotto atop a gentle slosh of surf projected beneath your feet, so realistic and unexpected that you might fight the urge to prance in retreat to keep your toes dry.
Dear Abby: More than a year ago, I heard my co-worker, whom I consider a friend, talking to another co-worker (who is a gossip) about my belly. I am 30 pounds overweight, and although I work out regularly, I still have this paunch from having had three kids. I am hurt that she would have said anything, but she doesn’t know I heard her.
Dear Dr. Roach: I’m taking the blood thinner Eliquis.
What is it with so many worms leaving the soil and wiggling across concrete every morning? Many don’t make it to wherever and dry up on the spot. We have not had rains which usually drive worms upward and out of water-logged soils, so what gives?
Dear Neil: I have a red maple that produced buds this spring, then stalled. The buds did not open up, and now the tree appears to be dead. The bark is split about 10 feet up the trunk. Is it possible that the tree is still alive? Should I give it more time to see if it might leaf out next spring?
Sherman Noon Lions James Johnson called the Sherman Noon Lions Club meeting to order Wednesday. Kent Newtown led the opening prayer.