Dear Heloise: I love your column and read it every day. Here is my solution for your readers on how to get rid of scam calls. (I would receive 10 per day.) I called my telephone provider ...

Dear Heloise: Recently, someone wrote in that they could no longer carry in economical heavy bags of pet food and potting soil from their trunk when they got home, and their solution was to divvy ...

Dear Heloise: A perfect basted egg is one of my favorite breakfast delights. My brother taught me the secret when I was a youngster about 70 years ago. I use an iron skillet and avocado oil ...

Dear Heloise: I have discovered a splendid use for plastic bags that contain dry cereal in cardboard boxes. In recent years, these bags have evolved to be heavier, leakproof and puncture-resistant ...

Dear Heloise: Most people try to turn the lid on a bottle and cannot get it open. It is much easier to hold the top, then turn the bottle or jar. Try it; you will be amazed. -- Ron Bernoski ...

Dear Heloise: My design professor in college often said that problems should be thought of as sources of creative ideas! His motto was: “Turn a defect into an effect!” When I recently found ...

Dear Heloise: My coffee comes out terrible. I’ve changed coffee brands, used cold tap water and distilled water, and measured my coffee grounds carefully, yet I always get such a nasty bitter ...

Dear Heloise: I read your hints all the time in our newspaper in Houston, and I’d like to ask your opinion about homeschooling versus public schools. My husband wants me to quit my job and ...

Dear Heloise: I’ve read many ideas for handling scam phone calls, but I have yet to see the one that has worked so well for me: If I receive a call from a number I don’t recognize, I pick up ...

Dear Heloise: Now that my children are out of the nest, and we are in a stage of our lives where we want to begin paring down our material possessions, I’ve suggested taking the money my ...