By ANNIE LANE Syndicated columnist Dear Annie: I previously worked with a woman, “Loretta,” who I’ve maintained a relationship with for over 20 years. We were never close, meeting-for-lunch type friends — more of a talk-once-a-month type. However, this changed when Loretta ...
By KEITH ROACH, M.D. Syndicated columnist Dear Dr. Roach: My wife was having problems getting to sleep and has stocked our medicine cabinet with various “p.m.” versions of popular pain relievers that have been advertised as sleep aids. Recently, I’ve had problems getting to sleep ...
By HELOISE Syndicated columnist Dear Heloise: I have one neighbor around the corner who just put up a flagpole in their front yard. I have another neighbor who has hung windchimes from a tree in their front yard. I can easily hear the clang-clang from the flagpole and the ding-ding from the chimes in my house, even though my windows are closed. I work from home, and this is very distracting. To make matters worse, I live in Buffalo, New York. In the winter, it is windy almost every day, which makes the noises louder. If I can hear the noises, even though I am not close to ...
Dear Annie: Now that my husband and I are in our 70s, it feels as if our social world has shrunk to the size of a postage stamp. Friends have moved away to be near their children, others are dealing with health issues, and a few have simply drifted off. We used to host dinners, take short ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old man with an elevated A1C level; I was diagnosed with prediabetes. I feel healthy but have struggled to lose weight. I was wondering what your feeling are on using a glucose monitor. -- F.M. ANSWER: A continuous glucose monitor is a device shaped like a ...
Dear Heloise: My children swore that they hated onions, so I would either chop them really finely or grate them into food (soups, meatloaf, salmon patties, etc.). The children never knew that the onions were there. -- Sandra, in Ohio A GREAT-SMELLING WASHING MACHINE Dear Heloise: If you ...
