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How to manage a bad boss

Dear Annie: I have worked for the same company for six years and, until recently, truly enjoyed my job. I have always had strong reviews, good relationships with my co-workers and a reputation for being dependable. Eight months ago, we got a new boss, and the entire mood of the office ...

Woman weighs treatment against her potential risk of fracture

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a very healthy and active 74-year-old woman, and I'm also quite proactive with my health. I get bone scans done every two years and have osteopenia in both my hips and spine. But because of a T12 fracture in 2018, which was followed by a kyphoplasty, I was recently ...

Making anniversary fudge

Dear Heloise: My husband and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary, and although it's being catered, I wanted to make your Chocolate Philly Fudge for the occasion. It's my husband's favorite. Over our 30 years together, my husband has been wonderful to me. I got lucky the day that I ...

Trauma takes its toll on teacher

Dear Annie: I've been a teacher for 19 years. I've quit my job and have what I think are panic attacks when I think about going back. Throughout my career as a mandated reporter, I've had to call the authorities multiple times, and I've always been a shoulder for children who've been abused ...

Fall salmon fishing

“I ain’t had a bite ‘cuz the moon’s too bright, I wish I had a big one or two. My trotline’s set and my hooks are wet and mama’s got the catfish blues,” – Tom T. Hall The overnight temperatures had plummeted well below freezing, leaving the early morning crisp and brittle, ...

Seeing red is a good thing

ESCANABA — Seeing red is a good thing. It is red plaid season all across the awesome Upper Michigan. This is the first weekend of fall. We all take a cue from mother nature. The maple trees change their leaves from green to crimson. The frost tints the apples on the branches a nice juicy, pinkish, red. Sumac leaves become fire-red and there fuzzy berries turn into maroon clusters of seed. Cranberries, choke cherries, and rosehips blush shades of red and feed a myriad of wildlife. And U.P. folks don red and black buffalo plaid shirts, vests and jackets as soon as there’s a ...