Dear Heloise: As a person over 70, I'm committed to only adopting older pets (cats in my case) and making sure that they'll have someone to take care of them if something happens to me. This is because one of my two cats originally belonged to a friend who died unexpectedly, and nobody in his ...
Dear Annie: I recently had another unpleasant encounter with my 13-year-old granddaughter, and this time we both ended up yelling. What began as a simple conversation quickly turned into hateful answers, a bad attitude and her refusal to speak to me in a respectful or pleasant ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 71-year-old female who's in fairly good health. I only take a statin for high cholesterol and have been diagnosed with spinal stenosis. In April, I began experiencing a burning pain that circles my upper left leg. The pain is constant and never wavers. I had blood tests ...
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 ...
