Dear Heloise: I have always travelled extensively and have a shoebox full of postcards that I have collected but never sent. I send them now to friends and relatives in assisted living facilities and also to my grandchildren. Both groups love getting mail. I even buy old postcards at thrift ...
Today is Friday, Jan. 10, the tenth day of 2025. There are 355 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 10, 1982, San Francisco 49ers receiver Dwight Clark caught a touchdown pass from Joe Montana with 58 seconds left in the NFC Championship Game; one of the most famous plays in NFL ...
Famously, creatures like comforts. Pigs and hippos dig mud, and the bear scratches his back on a tree. Neither would suit the walrus sunning himself on floating ice. Just because someone is uncomfortable with a particular comfort, that doesn't make it wrong. Two lunar squares and a conjunction ...
Dear Annie: I am a college student, and I just finished my finals for the fall semester and am now on winter break. Right toward the end of finals week, one of my professors had a medical emergency and had to miss our final day for surgery. My entire class sent her supportive emails, including ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 89 and in good health. For six months, my systolic blood pressure was 113 mm Hg. Then, 10 days ago, it dropped to 88 mm Hg for a week. For today and the past week, it's been 187/93 mm Hg. I was on a blood pressure medication, but my doctor took me off of it when my blood ...
Dear Heloise: For many decades, I've extended the use of my tubes of mascara by five or six times. When it's too dry to use, add distilled water, using half a teaspoon or a full teaspoon. Then gently mix it by moving the wand up and down a few times, letting it set overnight. Do not ever use ...
