Lifestyle Columns

The Flight Not Taken
Dear Annie®, Jul. 23, 2026
Dear Annie: My mom and I have always been close. I'm 35 now, but we talk almost every day, even though she's in Virginia, where I grew up, and I moved to Washington state after college.

Credits Roll on Mercury's Retrograde
Horoscopes by Holiday, Jul. 23, 2026
The beginning of Mercury retrograde was about revisiting, rethinking and revising. The end of this Mercury retrograde is about releasing.

The Power of Being a Present Parent
Dear Annie®, Jul. 22, 2026
Dear Annie: I am a working mother of two young children, and lately the guilt is eating me alive. I love my job. I worked hard to get where I am.