Dear Heloise: As line-drying laundry has been a recently recurring topic in your column, I’ll add my two cents. During the winter months, I dry laundry indoors using a large, collapsible wooden rack in combination with a large clothespin wheel. While these items felt pricey at first, they ...

Dear Annie: I’ve dated my boyfriend for more than 12 years. We got along fine when his grown kids were out of the picture, but now they’re back living with him. His youngest is 21, yet he treats them like infants. The daughters are manipulating and controlling. When I bring up my feelings ...

Dear Heloise: I read your hint about covering outdoor plants during the cold winter weather. I live outside of Houston and wanted to protect my husband’s impatiens during the Arctic blast of 2021. I first covered the plants with any cardboard boxes that I had, then covered the boxes with a ...

Some people might not consider Christmas over just yet. According to some traditions and a certain famous song, it lasts for 12 days. And, at least in the song, with each day comes extravagant gifts; the first of which is repeated every verse: a partridge in a pear tree. It’s clearly the ...

I’ve been waiting for winter. I know logically that winter began with the solstice on December 21st, but until we experience at least one significant snowfall I am filled with doubt. I am not a winter sport enthusiast or anything like that, but I do enjoy walking in the snow with my dog. She ...

eeks ago, a friend and I had a trip to Costco planned. The night before, I fell in my house and wasn’t sure if I sprained or broke my hand in the wee hours. I couldn’t make up my mind whether I should go to urgent care in the morning or the ER that night. I was in pain, but it wasn’t ...