I’m reminded of something I heard a wise man say many years ago: “You may not particularly like someone, but try to love them in the spirit of mankind.” ...

Having spent the past 15 years as a professional caregiver, I have some do’s and don’ts for visiting an older friend or family member ...

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

For our experienced citizens who have acquired hearing aids, they shouldn’t just employ them intermittently. They should use them all the time. Hearing aids reroute neural paths in your brain, which ...

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

Dear Heloise: I keep a bar of soap in my shed and scrape my nails with it so that I have soap under my nails. Then I put on my gloves and do yard work this way. When you wash your hands afterward, ...

I buy pretty holiday-themed cloth on sale. I then make simple rectangular bags in a variety of sizes and sew a ribbon on the outside ...

Dear Heloise: I hate lavish weddings. They’re usually too loud, too crowded and too expensive. Asking people to pay to see ...

I enjoy reading your column daily in the Globe Gazette. -- Unscented Linda, via email ...

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 ...

Fill the container halfway with hot water, then pour in a “spritz” of liquid dishwashing detergent. Next, pour in a heaping ...

I just read a reader who suggested wearing single-use “rubber” gloves to keep their fingernails clean when gardening.