Dear Heloise: The French have a saying: "Scents are made to be discovered, not announced." -- David K., in Buffalo, New York David, this is very true. But unfortunately, some people -- both men and women -- don't understand the phrase "less is more." -- Heloise SEND A ...
ESCANABA — Watch your step! Wilma the woodcock and Greta the grouse are about to do something amazing. These birds will transform the cold, muddy, leaf - littered and moss-covered Upper Michigan ground into a nursery. Where yesterday was snow and ice and moldy lichen, new life will be ...
Dear Annie: My neighbor and I became friendly during the pandemic. We'd pick up things for each other at the grocery store, help water each other's plants, chat on our porches in the evening. Somewhere along the way, she decided we were much closer than I did. Now she'll drop by unannounced ...
Dear Heloise: Here is something younger reporters don’t always hear: we older viewers are working to keep up, and fast talkers lose us. Mumbling makes it worse. Finish the word, pause, then move on — it sounds simple because it is. Reporters who actually do it come across as far more ...
Dear Annie: I have been married for 12 years to a good man whom I love very much, but I dread nearly every holiday, birthday dinner and casual Sunday visit with his family. On the surface, my in-laws are charming, polished and the sort of people everyone else describes as "so nice." But behind ...
Dear Heloise: This is in response to the several recent complaints about the obsolescence of printed newspapers. I have been a lifelong daily news- paper reader. But after retiring, and with the increased costs and delivery problems, I finally said, “Enough!” I tried reading it online on ...
