Dear Abby: My first wife and I married in 1989, divorced in 1994 and eventually married others. My second marriage also ended in divorce; hers ended with the death of her husband. A year and a half after his passing, she invited me to dinner. We talked for hours, and we both admitted there is still love between us.
Jazz drummer Roy Haynes is 97. Songwriter Mike Stoller is 89. Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is 83. Singer Candi Staton is 82. Actor William H. Macy is 72. Comedian Robin Duke is 68. Actor Dana Delaney (“Body of Proof” “China Beach”) is 66. Bassist Adam Clayton of U2 is 62. Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard is 60. Drummer Matt McDonough of Mudvayne is 53. Actor Annabeth Gish (“The West Wing,” “The X-Files”) is 51. Actor Tracy Wells (“Mr. Belvedere”) is 51. Rapper Common is 50. Rapper Khujo of Goodie Mob is 50. Singer Glenn Lewis is 47. Musicians Natalie and Nicole Albino of Nina Sky are 38. Actor Noel Fisher (“Shameless”) is 38.
Spring has finally arrived in Oklahoma MAYBE after the craziest weather imaginable this past year. Of course, we can say that every year; however, it was 80 degrees Christmas day, 80 degrees last Monday, and then 17 degrees with ice and sleet and horrifically cold north winds by Wednesday. We actually got a tiny bit of rain this past week but it has been an extremely dry, extremely cold winter, and those are the hardest conditions for plants. Even though daytime temperatures have been in the 40s quite a bit of the time, I have never seen so many nights that were in the 20s. Hopefully, we have seen the last cold front and spring really is almost here to stay.
GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. – The two-dozen schoolchildren sat in a circle for about an hour, enthralled, as Gordon Jourdain regaled them with tales of the Creator and the origins of their Ojibwe people. As the session wound down, one boy raised his hand and asked, to a chorus of giggles, “How did girls come to be on the planet?”
The famous televangelist Pat Robertson came out of retirement this week to warn that the end times are upon us. According to Robertson, Vladimir Putin’s real intention in going into Ukraine is to secure a base of operation for a forthcoming offensive against Israel. “He went into Ukraine,” said Robertson, “but that wasn’t his goal. His goal was to move against Israel ...”
First Baptist Church Services and study opportunities Sunday at First Baptist Church include sanctuary services 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Dear Abby: I refer to my husband as “the most single married man” I know. He turns off the lights, turns off the heat and turns off the TV while I’m still watching or still plan on being home.
TV journalist Sam Donaldson is 88. Accordionist Flaco Jimenez of Texas Tornadoes is 83. Actor Tricia O’Neil (“Genghis Khan”) is 77. Actor Mark Metcalf (“Animal House”) is 76. Singer Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge is 75. Singer Bobby McFerrin is 72. Movie director Jerry Zucker (“Airplane!” “Ghost”) is 72. Singer Cheryl Lynn is 71. Actor Susan Richardson (“Eight Is Enough”) is 70. Recording executive Jimmy Iovine (“American Idol”) is 69. Country singer Jimmy Fortune of The Statler Brothers is 67. Singer Nina Hagen is 67. Actor Elias Koteas (“Chicago P.D.”) is 61. Actor Peter Berg (“Chicago Hope”) is 60. Actor Jeffrey Nordling (“Desperate Housewives”) is 60.
1. “Booth” by Karen Joy Fowler (G.P.
Bluegrass musician Norman Blake is 84. Actor Chuck Norris is 82. Singer Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean is 82. Actor Katharine Houghton (“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?”) is 80. Actor Richard Gant is 78. Guitarist Tom Scholz of Boston is 75. TV personality/ businesswoman Barbara Corcoran (“Shark Tank”) is 73. Actor Aloma Wright (“Scrubs”) is 72. Singerguitarist Gary Louris of The Jayhawks is 67. Actor Shannon Tweed is 65. Actor Sharon Stone is 64. Bassist Gail Greenwood of L7 (and of Belly) is 62. Magician Lance Burton is 62. Actor Jasmine Guy is 60. Bassist Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam is 59. Music producer Rick Rubin is 59. Singer Edie Brickell is 56.