Dear Heloise: My fiancee is coming over for dinner, along with her parents, and I’ve decided to make dinner for them on one of the evenings they are here. I’ve never met her parents before, but they are traveling almost a thousand miles to meet me. I’d like to make a good impression. My ...

Dear Annie: I have a co-worker who, for many reasons, drives me up the wall. “Lana” is older than I am by at least 35 years and sits across from me at work. This would be fine, except she will not stop talking. No matter how little interest I show or how many times I say “You told me this ...

Dear Heloise: When the weather here in Houston is not as hot, I like to grill food like pork steaks, chicken, bacon-wrapped shrimp and vegetables. Putting the food right on the grill grates causes flames to rise up, so what I have been doing instead is getting some really heavy-duty aluminum ...

Dear Annie: I recently turned 40 and am still speculating if I would like to have a kid or not. My husband is 46, and we have been married for a year and a half now. Both of us are pretty much on the same side. We love the freedom of our current lifestyle. Whenever I would see family or ...

Dear Heloise: We are well into summer, and as a retired horticulturalist, I discovered an amazing trick with tomatoes! Instead of pulling the suckers off and throwing them away, I wait until they are about a foot-long and then cut them off just after the first leaf. Then, I stick them in ...

Last week, there was a picture of the Essig Junior Bi-County baseball team in the paper, champions of the league. It made me sad. I don’t have anything against that group of boys. It’s just that it reminded me how I felt this time of year when I was young and summer baseball ended. ...