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, ...

My mother always complained that her first daughter-in-law, Sally, did not know how to do laundry. Her dish towels were ...

I am writing in response to your question regarding perfumes. People are affected by smells differently, so I don’t use ...

My mother always complained that her first daughter-in-law, Sally, did not know how to do laundry. Her dish towels were ...

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 ...

Dear Heloise: What a great hint in your column about sending letters and postcards to kids, including little thank-you notes. It was especially important that the reader said not to expect or demand a ...

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

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 ...

We'll be spending hours wrapping Christmas and Hannukah gifts in a few weeks, using a lot of paper sourced from forest trees ...

My mother always complained that her first daughter-in-law, Sally, did not know how to do laundry. Her dish towels were ...

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 ...