Lifestyle Columns

The Uneven Split
Dear Annie®, Apr. 17, 2026
Dear Annie: My friend insists on splitting every restaurant bill "evenly," no matter what. The problem is, she always orders cocktails and appetizers, while I usually stick to one entree.

A Bouquet of Horoscopic Haiku
Horoscopes by Holiday, Apr. 17, 2026
Happy Haiku Day, a celebration of the Japanese poetic form typically revolving around nature, the passing of seasons and ephemeral beauty.

Live Wires
Horoscopes by Holiday, Apr. 16, 2026
Yesterday brought four lunar conjunctions in Aries. Today only brings one, but it's more intense and enduring — a perfect alignment of Mercury and Neptune highlighting electric sparks of communication, filled with imagination, originality, vitality and specificity.