“When you invest your energy wisely, it will pay dividends.” — Chani Nicholas, Canadian astrologer
I’m not much of an astrology person (I was raised Lutheran by Slovaks, it’s not really our thing) but I read the horoscope on my birthday just for fun. The stars are predicting “a year of service” for me, apparently? “Take care of yourself so you can be a resource,” one read. Oh boy.
Resilience is a theme in our stories this week. Jane Smiley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “A Thousand Acres,” follows a plucky Civil War-era heroine who travels to England to escape turmoil back home in her new book, “Lidie.” Smiley stops in Madison on May 6…