My mother-in-law keeps telling me to use banana peels in my garden to help my plants grow. Does this really work?

There are thousands of people who wish desperately for someone to take them shopping or call them a couple of times a week, ...

Do you have any hints for those of us who wash our dishes by hand? I just moved into a tiny house (700 square feet) and don’t ...

It’s at this time of year that so many people feel a sense of grief during the holidays. While so many of us are enjoying family and friends during the holidays, there are thousands of people who wish ...

I have two thermal mugs. One is for coffee, and one is for tea. They can't be used in the microwave or in the dishwasher. To ...

Dear Heloise: Times have changed so much in regard to weddings, but common sense sure shouldn’t change. How on earth would someone think about having a wedding and expect the guests to pay for it?

Dear Heloise: I read your recent column in the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. I’m a walker, not a dog owner. I’ve observed that many dog owners do pick up the doo-doo, but then when they think no one is ...

DEAR HELOISE: I work as a nurse in the ICU in a major metropolitan hospital. As many people know, hospitals have relaxed their rules about the length of a visitor’s visit, have done away with age ...

Dear Heloise: I'm writing in today for my father; I am his daughter. My father is not a computer person and still reads the newspaper everyday with his morning or afternoon coffee. He turns 91 this ...

Dear Heloise: I read with interest the letter from Robert D., who commented on schoolteacher Margaret’s letter about children reading books. He is a member of Kiwanis and spoke about how their club ...

Dear Heloise: When you need to replace your vacuum cleaner, check to see if the extension wands from your old vacuum fit your new one as well. The basic ones included with your new vacuum probably won ...