“Each one of us has the courage and vision to do many things.” It was with this statement that Salve Regina University’s annual Women of Courage and Vision luncheon began on Wednesday, March 30, in the Ochre Court State Dining Room, where four women closely associated with the University – one staff, one faculty, one community, and one student – were honored by friends and colleagues for being women with a strong sense of courage and great vision.

ARIES (March 21-April 20) After Monday, expect romantic partners and long-term friends to request greater involvement in private family decisions. Over the next five days, close friends and lovers may need to witness your continuing loyalty and social respect: accept all new proposals as serious.

Standing in the pouring rain, Hannah Miller tugs at her Salve sweatshirt as she talks with prospective students. It is her last Connections day as a tour guide and the reminder sets her into a spiral of chatting with the other graduating seniors.

Smiles, stories and memories are exchanged and someone asks when the yearbook will be coming out.

April 4-10, 2005

ARIES (March 20-April 18) Early this week, private workplace discussions and social criticism may be bothersome: watch for friends and colleagues to challenge your personal style or ask probing questions. Fear of abandonment or self-doubt may be a driving force: after Tuesday, expect unusual comments from long-term friends and quickly changing opinions.

A layer of snow lies like a cover over the ground. Every branch of the trees is lined with snow and ice, and the brick house lay still, seemingly sleeping under the blanket of snow.

The only movement is from the angry Atlantic waves slamming into the rocks below.