Dear Annie: I live with bipolar disorder, which I was first diagnosed with in the early 1990s. My husband and I got together after my diagnosis, and he has been my biggest support through everything -- navigating different providers, raising my children (not his) who also had their challenges ...
My wife and I recently took in our local parade of lights followed later that evening by watching a televised broadcast of “Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” This means that it is now officially Christmastime. We had fortunate weather for the parade, with light winds and temperatures in the ...
Dear Heloise: Is good-quality pottery microwavable? How does one determine if plates and cooking items are microwavable? -- D.P., in San Antonio D.P., most microwaveable bowls and dishes will say on the bottom whether they can be microwaved. You might see three or four small wavy lines on the ...
NEW ULM – Take a little trip with the New Ulm Film Society down the mighty Mississippi with a screening of “The Buccaneer” 1958. The screening begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the New Ulm Public Library. The movie is the second film in the Film Society’s America at War ...
Dear Heloise: Don’t forget to stock up on batteries for Christmas. Most gifts that need them don’t have them included. You want to be sure that folks will be able to use the item as soon as they unwrap it. This is especially important for children’s gifts. -- Carolyn M., in Canaan, ...
Dear Readers: So many of you wrote about the widow columns that I printed recently, and made some interesting points, so I wanted to share a few of these letters with everyone. Dear Annie: Oh, wow! I just saw this in our paper and pointed it out to my wife. She didn’t believe it at first, ...