Dear Heloise: I’m 90 years old, and I’ve been saving bits of soap for years and wondered if you could tell me a way to process and use them again. Soap was hard to come by earlier in my life, so I hate to throw them out. I read your column daily. -- Helen K., Lawndale, California Helen, ...
Dear Annie: I’m frustrated with my sister-in-law and the way that she plans the holidays that she hosts or organizes. Generally, what happens is that she will reach out to the family to see what will work for everyone. We’ll make any other plans around the agreed-upon plan. Then, closer to ...
Dear Heloise: A reader wrote in saying that it was hard finding a job at 70 because people pay less than minimum wage for retirees. I wanted to make a suggestion that he try a local hardware store, especially the big-box kind. Our family owns two, and we only hire retirees because of their ...
Dear Annie: I am about to get married to a woman I am still madly in love with, five years after we first met. Within two months after our first date, we told each other we were in love with each other and wanted to date each other exclusively. Yet, within four months, she was lying to me, ...
To the editor: The Declaration of Independence states we all have unalienable rights, and among these are life and liberty. Governments must preserve all of these rights to preserve life we must not cause murder. We have no right to take another’s life; even the life of the old and feeble; ...
Dear Heloise: Here are a couple of hints that your readers might find helpful. Sometimes when my house needs a good cleaning, and I really don’t want to get to it, I’ve found that the best thing to get me motivated is to invite company over. Works like a charm. Also, if company is coming ...