Lifestyle

If the size of an individually wrapped Starburst is a little small for your taste (as in, you want more than one but they take so long to unwrap!), these new Starburst Swirlers are for you. A swirl of cherry-lemon, strawberry-orange or cherry-strawberry mix together in a stick that’s about 5 inches long (also individually wrapped). And at only 40 calories a stick, they are just the right bit of tangy sweetness for a treat.

Shoppers, welcome to the good side of supply chain disruptions.

PHILADELPHIA — From a warehouse in Pennsauken, Rick Forman built the Forman Mills discount retail chain into a 36-store network, then sold it to private equity investors in 2016.

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I recently received an email from a company where I’ve bought jeans and casual wear many times (it’s the Gap) with a headline that grabbed my attention: “This bra = your summer top.” So, I clicked on it and found a “ribbed bralette,” which the ad boasts, “You made it your favorite crop top ever” (gap.com, $24.99 on sale). The model looks great, but she looks like she’s wearing just a bra with her jeans. If you have a good figure, is it OK to practically wear your underwear out on the street?

Q. My ex is always making plans for our child on my time, particularly when there is a holiday that requires some creativity to navigate. He looks for loopholes in the custody order to keep our son longer than he is supposed to. When I tell him to bring our son home, he gets angry and says, “He IS home!” then calls law enforcement, hoping the police will read the custody order as he does. My ex treats this like a game. He wins, I lose. It’s exhausting and scaring our son. What’s good ex-etiquette?

We get it. Fast food value meals are quick, yummy and sometimes inexpensive. What you save at the drive-thru, however, might cost you more in health care bills if you indulge in too many of them.

Every summer in June from the time I was an infant until my sophomore year in high school (1967) my family, along with other relatives, spent 2 glorious weeks in the area just north of Manistee, Michigan in the tiny village of Arcadia. Arcadia doesn’t even have a stop light and in 2020 was populated by only 309 people, but it was then and remains now near and dear to my heart.

The rich array of daisies in my garden are now spent and faded, not nearly as fresh and vibrant as they were in the spring. So I decided to teach my grandkids how to remove (aka “deadhead”) the dried-up flowers to help direct the plant’s energy toward making new blooms.

Correlation does not prove causation, drummed my grad school statistics professor. For example, a rise in the rate of American children who regularly consume lox and a concurrent rise in Type 2 diabetes among American children does not, in and of itself, prove lox consumption increases the risk of diabetes. Proving the contention would require a control group. Nonetheless, a correlation hints at the possibility of cause-and-effect and is grounds for further study.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I enjoy an active lifestyle, from gardening to playing golf, cross-country skiing and participating in water fitness. I also walk daily. My knees have begun to bother me, and I am noticing some other aches and pains. I don’t want to have to cut back on the activities I love. What can I do to reduce joint issues and cope with joint pain?