Dear Sun Spots: You were so helpful with needs we had this spring. I am hoping you can help us again. I have several requests that I hope column readers can assist me with.

I am looking for volunteers to either do visits or help out with other needs.

Also, if someone loves to make crafts and is willing to donate them for our Nov. 20 Christmas craft fair and rummage sale it would be most appreciated.

We are also looking for dishes for our Activity Kitchen. We would appreciate plates, bowls, pots and pans.

Do you have have plant pots you no longer need? We could put them to good use.

Are you retired and enjoy playing chess? We have an individual who is a beginner and is in need of an opponent. Please contact Doreen Mondays through Fridays at (207) 783-0961, if you can help out with any of those needs. – Doreen, Auburn Home For Aged Women.

Dear Sun Spots: I would like to know what the shades on a mood ring are? What do the colors represent? – Everett Carter, Turner.

Answer: Mood rings were first seen as an extremely popular fad in the late 1970s, and they resurface regularly. Mood rings were made of heat-sensitive liquid crystals encased in quartz. When the body temperature of the wearer changed, the crystals changed color, supposedly indicating how the wearer felt at the moment. Blue meant happy; reddish brown meant insecure; green meant active; black meant the wearer was tense and upset. Joshua Reynolds, a 33-year-old New Yorker, created and marketed the original mood ring.

The idea behind a mood ring is simple: Wear it on your finger and it will reflect the state of your emotions. While mood rings cannot reflect your mood with any real scientific accuracy, they actually are indicators of your body’s involuntary physical reaction to your emotional state. The colors are:

Dark blue: Happy, romantic or passionate

Blue: Calm or relaxed

Blue-green: Somewhat relaxed

Green: Normal or average

Amber: A little nervous or anxious

Gray: Very nervous or anxious

Black: Stressed, tense or feeling harried



Dear Sun Spots: To the person asking about a consignment store in the Lewiston Auburn area: Second Chance Consignments is now open in the Pleasant Street Plaza, Suite No. 11, Lewiston (across from the Ramada Inn). We deal in women’s, men’s and children’s clothing. Store hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. We can be reached at (207) 786-4008. – Susie Crossley, Lewiston.

Dear Sun Spots: I would like to get ahold of a good running condition manual portable typewriter. I am an elderly, shut-in on a limited income. My penmanship is atrocious and if you can please help me, it would be very much appreciated. – No Name, No Town.

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