Dear Heloise: In a recent column, several ways were given on how to deal with soap chips -- the small pieces of a well-used bar of soap that are too small to easily use. My favorite method wasn't mentioned: When my bar of soap becomes too small, I start using a new bar, and with both bars ...
Dear Annie: My girlfriend, "Lucy," and I started dating three years ago, during our senior year of college. After graduating, we both got jobs in the same city where we had gone to school, and we ended up moving in together to save money. Living together was surprisingly easy, as we're both ...
ESCANABA — A hunting dog’s collar is a badge of honor! It is the dog’s identity. It is the handle that keeps him safe on the other end of the leash. A good dog collar means a good home for a working dog. Dogs were bred to help humans. Thousands of years ago, canines were helping our ancestors hunt. Families around the fire ate well and their helpful dogs joy the bones and scraps. What an amazing gift this descendant of the wolf was with wonderful genetic make-up. They could be selectively bred to produce dogs that could hunt by scent or by sight, dogs that could flush and ...
“It’s often said that life is strange, oh yes, but compared to what,” – Steve Forbert The first time I recall hearing about John Voelker I was just a kid with no idea about who most of the people my mom or dad talked about were – unless they were important people to us kids, like ...
Dear Annie: A close friend, "Jenna," has a mental illness: She hoards. Her house would be condemned if the health administration were to go there. I can start tracing this behavior back to when she first became a mother and discovered that raising children requires more than just buying them ...
Dear Heloise: This is something I rarely see written about, and it's the buildup of mold and "gunk" deep inside in the dishwasher. There are commercial dishwasher tablets to get this stuff out and clean the dishwasher, which probably should be used every two or three months. I used one such ...
