Dear Heloise: When telemarketers call your house, answer by spelling "stop" out loud. I thought that I would try this one day because this is what I get told when I receive spam text messages. Our phone rarely rings anymore. Hope this works for others! -- Kelly, in Anaheim, California Kelly, I ...

Dear Annie: My husband confided to me that his mother had an eating disorder in the past, and there are possible signs she may have relapsed. When she visits us, she will exercise for hours daily, regularly disparage her physical appearance and skip meals claiming that she is "too bloated" to ...

St. Anthony raffle winner ESCANABA - Sue Pach of Escanaba is the winner of the St. Anthony of Padua calendar raffle for the week of Jan. 12, receiving $100. St. Thomas sets pasty sale ESCANABA — Today is the last day for St. Thomas the Apostle Church's pasty sale. Pasties can be with or ...

Dear Heloise: My mother-in-law taught me a neat little trick that helped me get a fire started in my fireplace. She saved every toilet roll (the cardboard center) and all her laundry lint in a large plastic bag. Each year, when fall rolled around, we would stuff the toilet rolls with lint, ...

Dear Annie: After dating a guy who turned out to be a narcissist, my question is, how can I heal? I've tried everything, and I've even felt like I'm over it and I'm OK, but then I have my days. It's like grieving. I fell in love with this man, and feel like I let my guard down way too soon, ...

Dear Heloise: I asked you to remind readers of the environmental harms of tourism travel so that they might consider traveling less. You printed this letter in the Buffalo News, and in your response, you placed most of the blame on global warming and air pollution from fossil fuel companies ...