Dear Heloise: I needed a small toothbrush to clean certain areas of my home. I went shopping for one and found that most were too expensive. Finally, while I was in the grocery store, I went down the toothpaste and toothbrush aisle and found what I was looking for. Now I use a stiff toothbrush ...

Dear Annie: My boyfriend’s kids hate me for genuinely no reason. He sees his kids twice a week for dinner, a dinner which I cook, but then I have to leave the house while the kids are visiting with him. It’s been five years of his kids ignoring me and kicking me out of the house when they ...

Dear Heloise: Lately, I’ve seen a few letters in your column about how to make traveling a bit more easy and comfortable. Well, I travel alone most of the time for my job, and a woman alone on the road needs to be extra careful. Here are a few of my own hints for women who also spend time ...

Dear Annie: I’m a divorced man in his mid-60s with no children, and I have a job that I’m very secure in. I recently began dating a woman who I met at a work seminar. Our first few dates didn’t give me much hope for anything serious or long-term. It took her at least a half-dozen dates ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been married to my husband for 16 years. He and his ex-wife did not end on good terms. We have never been invited to any holiday gatherings from his grown kids, who are married and have kids of their own. We are, of course, invited to all the grandkid’s birthday ...

The recent cold snap that roared down from the north like the Four Frigid Horsemen of the Arctic Apocalypse should not have come as a surprise. Yet many of us were surprised. We had been spoiled by an unusually mild autumn and early winter. Up until Christmas, a person could go ...