Full disclosure: It’s 7:30 p.m. on a Tuesday night, I just sat down to write this week’s column and I can’t think of anything worthwhile to write about. This happens every now and then. Writer’s block is pretty common for most writers, or so I tell myself. Nobody is a fountain of creativity all the time, right? If your answer to that question is “no,” please lie to me...

Aries: Some days the glass is half-full, other days it is half-empty. On Friday, the universe takes away your glass and replaces it with a Lightning McQueen sippy cup. Try to resist the urge to fill it with vodka. Taurus: Finding the beauty in life is its own reward. Then again, so is finding a bag of unmarked bills hidden in the flower bushes near the playground...

Even though we try to take good care of ourselves and even with the help of good fortune, our bodies bear the brunt of wear and tear every day we live.  Just as everything else is constantly becoming something else so it is true with our bodies as well.  An early signal that this is so is a feeling of tiredness - sort of a sense of deep fatigue...