Dear Heloise: I read L.C.'s letter about recycling mascara wands to clean hummingbird feeders. I wanted to share what I use if I need tiny applicators. I get 400 of them at a very small cost. They're dental microbrush applicators that are 2.5 millimeters wide, so they would ...

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for over 20 years. When we met, we had both already lost our parents. During all our time together, my husband's younger brother has spent Christmas at our home -- even after we got married and he got married, after we moved out of state and had ...

Dear Heloise: Physical newspapers and the people who deliver them aren’t gone. I receive our local paper seven days a week, as well as the Wall Street Journal six days a week. I live in New Orleans. And what’s with pinning socks together? You take them off, fold them, unfold them to wash ...

Dear Annie: My sister and I have not spoken in three years following a falling-out over our mother's estate. I won't rehash the details -- suffice it to say, neither of us came out looking entirely clean. We were never close growing up, but we were friendly enough as adults, and I miss ...

ESCANABA- Decades ago, extreme dampness often drenched the forest from sunup to sundown. I remember “all-day rains." My mother hated them. My Dad trout fished in them. Us kids survived them with the help of rubber boots, raincoats, books, card games, bug spray, licorice and ...

Dear Annie: My dearest friend and I go back over 50 years. We've seen each other through everything, high and lows. Recently I became disabled and can no longer drive. I'm also a widow. I'm not asking anyone to chauffeur me around (I have that handled), but a phone call here and there would ...