Dear Heloise: I totally agree with not answering a spam call because they usually ask for our personal information. But just as a heads-up: I received a blocked call back to back, and I didn’t answer ...

Dear Heloise: My husband and I have plans to move to our vacation home after we retire. We’re going through this large house of ours and sorting through all of our belongings one room at a time. Our ...

Dear Heloise: I’m wondering if anyone has an answer to this mystery. We wear shirts made of T-shirt material every day in our family. Yet, after a short while, they end up with tiny holes in the ...

Dear Heloise: I read the letter about counting change and thought I’d give you my experience. For many years, I requested that teachers in our district teach students two things: how to count change ...

Dear Heloise: I read a letter about keeping track of elderly people who live alone and their pets. A friend of my mother’s was left three days after having a stroke before someone found her. After ...

DEAR HELOISE: I've enjoyed and learned from your column for years. If you're like me, tying a neck tie can be frustrating. When I get a tie with a knot that has the style and length I like, I'll ta ...

Dear Heloise: People have written to you with tips on how to dry clothes that you have handwashed (usually while traveling), but there’s one step that most people don’t seem to know about. After you ...

Dear Heloise: I have a suggestion for donations to food pantries. I usually donate nonfood necessities such as toilet paper, trial sizes or small sizes of shampoo, laundry detergent, feminine supplies ...

DEAR HELOISE: I have a suggestion for donations to food pantries. I usually donate nonfood necessities such as toilet paper, trial sizes or small sizes of shampoo, laundry detergent, feminine supplies ...

Dear Heloise: I have a fun suggestion for kids’ birthdays. Most kids only want frosting on a birthday cake, so I made a “tower cake” by using donuts. Just purchase a variety of donuts (about a dozen) ...

Dear Heloise: When I know that I’m going to have company, I put a new roll of toilet paper on the holder. I put paper towels in the guest bathrooms, and I crumple up a towel and put it in the trash ...

Dear Heloise: When I buy a dozen eggs, I transfer them to an egg tray in my refrigerator once I get home. Before I throw away the cardboard carton that they came in, I cut out the “use by” date and ...