Dear Heloise: I had an important document that I needed to keep handy, so I put it on top of a pile of papers in my long desktop drawer. Minutes later, I went to retrieve it, but it was missing. Simply gone! It took me a bit to figure out that it must have slipped over the back of the drawer ...
Dear Annie: My 40-year-old son-in-law has horrible manners. At dinner, if we have a buffet set up with six pieces of chicken, and there are six people eating, he will grab four pieces. He’s always first in line and makes sure he gets the biggest and best of everything. He once shoved his ...
It was a saturated summer, and large portions of the pasture on the dairy farm I was renting were inundated. Had they a mind to do so, my Holsteins could have dogpaddled right over the submerged fence and strolled onto the adjoining highway. They might have then tried to thumb for rides except ...
Dear Heloise: For a long time, I’ve been saving up hints to send you, but before I get to those, I’d like to say thank you for some very helpful ones that you and your readers have shared. They have made my work in the kitchen a lot easier. First up is cleaning a frying pan with stuck-on ...
Dear Annie: I cannot believe that I am asking for advice. I was always told that you solve your own problems, but this one, I cannot. I am going on 59. I have no children and never married. I was engaged a few times to younger men. I was so busy having fun that I didn’t plan for the future. ...
The phrase “use it or lose it” never applied to me, not until earlier this month. In October I took a hike on the lookout trail at Camden State Park. It was a hot day, but I never expected to get so tired from a half hour hike. The story didn’t end after I got home and rested. Instead ...