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Best Bites: Fall Haystack Cookies
We were sitting around the dinner table recently commenting about fall and how much our family loves this time of year.
Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Cigar Sign
"Have A Good One -- It's Union Made" is the slogan on this cigar store advertising sign. It could also work as a Labor Day salutation.
Salome's Stars: July 24
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) The financially practical PISCES might want to take a sensible approach to spending as well as investing.
Best Bites: Slow-Cooker Oatmeal
It would be an apt description to call my husband a "musher" even though he has never trained, led or raced a dog team of huskies.
Celebrity Extra: Ozzy Osbourne
Is it true that Ozzy Osbourne is dying? Is that why he had his farewell concert recently?
Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Art Glass
Bees are native to every continent on Earth except Antarctica. With their prevalence in nature and their benefits to humans, in the forms of pollinating plants and producing honey…
Salome's Stars: July 17
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Your talents as a peacemaker are called upon once more as an old problem reemerges with new complications.
Celebrity Extra: Kelly Clarkson
Why did Kelly Clarkson cancel her Las Vegas concert? I would be very upset if I had bought tickets and traveled there.
Salome's Stars: July 10
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Good news! While a changing workplace environment can be daunting for some, it could be the challenge you've been hoping for.
Celebrity Extra: Tom Hardy
What ever happened to the new "Cape Fear" movie with Tom Hardy? Wasn't it supposed to come out a couple years ago?
Top Ten Movies: F1: The Movie
F1: The Movie shifts into gear and passes How to Train Your Dragon to take the number one spot.
The Garden Bug: Summer Gardening
Remove dead flowers from your plants to encourage more blooming. Add both dead and green trimmings to your compost pile.
Salome's Stars: July 3
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Reward yourself for all that you've accomplished despite some annoying situations that got in your way.
Celebrity Extra: Elisabeth Moss
Will Elisabeth Moss be in the upcoming spin-off series of "The Handmaid's Tale"? I know her character is in the Margaret Atwood novel on which the series will be based.
Couch Theatre: Heads of State
"Heads of State" (PG-13) -- Out on July 2, this action-comedy film stars John Cena as U.S. President Will Derringer and Idris Elba as U.K. Prime Minister Sam Clarke.
Salome's Stars: June 26
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) This is a good time to consider mending fences with someone you wish was back in your life.
Celebrity Extra: John Bercow
I saw the announcement about the new contestants on "The Traitors," but I read that there was going to be someone very controversial on it. Who is it supposed to be?
Salome's Stars: June 19
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Be careful: What appears to be a solid financial opportunity might have some hidden risks attached.
Celebrity Extra: Garcelle Beauvais
Is Garcelle Beauvais going to return to acting now that she's leaving "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," or will she get her own reality show instead?
Best Bites: Watermelon Sandwich
When Joani Deuel's two grandkids Hunter and Parker came to visit in Dublin, California, they learned to expect the unexpected from a grandmother who absolutely loves to have a surprise up her sleeve.