Woman's World March 13, 2023

FRIDAY, MARCH 17 ST. PATRICK’S DAY Shamrock sweets! Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a delicious way with shamrock sugar cookies! To make Shamrock Cookie Pops: Roll out sugar cookie dough (opt for store-bought dough to save time!) and use cookie cutters to cut out shamrock shapes. Insert lollipop sticks halfway into the dough, then bake as usual. Let cool, then coat the front of the cookies with canned white frosting that’s been slightly melted in the microwave and tinted green with food coloring. Decorate with green sugar or create faces with edible eyeballs and black icing. RIDDLE OF THE WEEK A bright idea You can hold me in your hand, yet I can fill the entire room. What am I? Answer in lower-right corner TUESDAY, MARCH 14 LEARN ABOUT BUTTERFLIES DAY Winged beauty! As the weather warms up, getting butterflies…

“Give her a name that’s at least eight letters long, upper- and lowercase, and some numbers, preferably not your birthday” Q What did the grape do when someone stepped on it? A It let out a little wine “Do you take the coupons that I left at home?” Kids are fUnNy! One afternoon I asked my 3-year-old grandson, Lucas, what he wants to be when he grows up. He asked me what I meant, so I said, “You know—when you get big, what do you want to do?” Lucas thought for a moment, then answered proudly, “Reach the sink.” —C.M., Monterey, CA Answer: A light bulb HBB; Getty; Shutterstock; Adobe Stock (2). Text: Shay Trotter…

AUDIOBOOK Let your spirit soar with Be an Angel! Let your stress melt away as you listen to this collection of quotes and reflections full of wisdom, affirmation and encouragement from beloved actress and author Roma Downey. Inspired by her late Touched by an Angel co-star Della Reese, Roma shares personal stories, uplifting quotes and heartwarming Scripture on gratitude, friendship, faith and courage. It’s a beautiful way to motivate yourself and others to step into kindness and help heal a world full of pain. Hear Roma read the audiobook when you download it at Audible.com. NETFLIX Take an epic voyage with Shadow and Bone! Exciting adventures await in season two of this fantasy series that follows Alina Starkov, an orphan and cartographer of the Ravka nation’s First Army, who discovers that she has the special…

• Three’s Company aired in 1977. Suzanne Somers was cast only a day before production began. • Disney’s The Love Bug opened in theaters in 1969, and at the time it was the second-biggest film in Disney history. • Barbie made her debut in 1959 at the American Toy Fair, and was first modeled after a German doll named Lilli. • Barbra Streisand won for Best Vocal Performance for My Name Is Barbra at the Grammy Awards in 1966. • The first cherry blossom trees were planted in 1912 in Washington, D.C. The trees now attract 1.5 million visitors each year!…

Fiction MYSTERY The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James This eerie tale starts in Claire Lake, Oregon, in 1977. The town is shaken up by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men are, seemingly randomly, murdered with the same gun, and notes are left behind. Beth Greer is the perfect suspect, but after she’s acquitted, she returns to her mansion. In 2017, Shea Collins runs a true crime website, and she meets Beth by chance. The two grow close, but Shea senses danger could still be lurking. HISTORICAL FICTION Stars in an Italian Sky by Jill Santopolo Readers are transported to 1946 Genoa, Italy, in this sweeping, beautifully written saga about star-crossed lovers. In the post-WWII world, Vincenzo and Giovanna fall deeply in love at age 21. Then a shift in political power and family differences force…

Oh, no! Shane Adams shot up in his tent to the commotion of screeching horse-neighing and galloping hooves. Every year, Shane, a Utah native who grew up riding and training horses, and a group of friends headed into the Cedar Mountains of Utah to watch the wild mustangs and their new foals. But it was unusual for the wild horses to come close to a campsite. Hearing them, Shane’s heart pounded. Mongo! his mind reeled as he scrambled outside to check on his horse, who had been hitched to a fence. He was horrified to find that the clip and swivel attached to Mongo’s rope had failed…and Mongo was galloping away after the herd. Shane had owned and trained then-10-year-old Mongo since he was a 2-year-old colt. The buckskin-colored half quarter horse…