Dear Heloise: I was reading the letter from the lady who is very upset with the state of her nails due to her lifelong nail-biting. I was a nail-biter for a little over 50 years, until my wife ...

Dear Heloise: For keeping small items like eye pencils, my good tweezers, and a sharpener findable, organized and tidy (and to keep points or blades from premature dulling and bouncing around in my ...

This year will be the celebration of 50 years of the Heloise column in newspaper syndication. Looking through my files, I found some charming and funny columns that my mother, the original Heloise ...

Dear Heloise: My mother always complained that her first daughter-in-law, Sally, did not know how to do laundry. Her dish towels were always dingy. Ma called them “battleship grey.” This was 50 years ...

Dear Heloise: Please check your automobile’s lights monthly. Ask another person to stand in front of and behind your vehicle(s) to ensure that all the lights and blinkers are functioning properly. A ...

Dear Heloise: The person who wrote in about putting baby oil on microwave hinges had a great idea. You can use a syringe with the oil in it to do this kind of job. There are also things called “needle ...

Dear Heloise: It was the week before Christmas, and I was shopping at a large, well-known retail store where they only had one register open and a line that was the length of the entire store. Then ...

Dear Heloise: In response to Diane T. in Arizona, I had the opposite happen to me. I had been going to a hairdresser for many, many years. It was my hairdresser who started to not be on time. My time ...

Dear Heloise: In regard to the idea of having a dog for security reasons, there is an alternative option. For anyone who cannot have a dog for whatever reason, there are electronic devices that mimic ...