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Use a dental microbrush applicator

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 work well ...

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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 ...

A birthday card full of questions

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 ...

All-day rains in the Upper Peninsula

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 ...

Sound the horn to find the car!

I’ve traveled to Europe for months at a time sometimes with carry-on luggage, and this method has been very helpful. — Sheri C., A Faithful Reader in Camarillo, California Sheri, as a veteran traveler myself, I’ve always loved ideas that make life a little safer and cleaner while ...

When new friends outshine old ones

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 ...