Dear Heloise: I love your column! I wanted to respond to the guy who doesn’t like to see women pushing heavy carts. I have been lifting weights/working out for over 40 years and enjoy working hard to stay strong well into my 70s. I look at lifting a case of wine or pushing and loading/unloading our grocery carts as an opportunity to stay strong outside the gym. My husband has bad knees and is not as fit as I am.

I also run my cart back to the cart “garage” rather than walk. Every little bit helps. I’m still strong at 77! — Lynda P., via email

A NEW PEANUT

BUTTER SANDWICH

Dear Heloise: For some reason, back in the ’90s, I concocted a new peanut butter sandwich: peanut butter on both pieces of the bread with sliced onions, hot sauce, a bit of black pepper, and sometimes a few slices of pickles. I prefer sweet bread and butter. Lettuce doesn’t hurt either. — Richard, Hemet, California

NEWSPAPER

PLASTIC SLEEVES

Dear Heloise: My newspaper carrier says that the paper charges her for the plastic sleeves that are used for delivering my paper. So, I save them and give them back to her so that she can reuse them.

I make sure that they are dry, clean and not torn before folding them and packing them in one of the same bags. I leave them out for her to pick up when delivering a paper. I wanted to recycle them in some way, so I’m glad that I stumbled on this option. Additionally, there is the possibility of them getting recycled multiple times! — Dean Elsworth, Loudonville, New York

CALORIE-FILLED

RECIPES

Dear Heloise: A reader complained that you published a fattening recipe. So what? I love reading food ideas from others. It makes life interesting. If I made the dessert that was mentioned, I wouldn’t butter the banana bread, but otherwise, I would definitely make it sometime.

P.S. I read your column in the Republican-American, which is published in Waterbury, Connecticut. — Carolyn McDonough, Canaan, Connecticut