Dear Heloise: I just read a hint in your column about the advantages of using a cane. My mental response was, "Yes, yes, yes." And this is also why I am no longer coloring my hair and letting it grow out to its now natural color of white. Some things about aging aren't so terrible. I have been ...
The environmentalist movement popularized the saying "Reduce, reuse, recycle" in the 1970s, but the sentiment goes back much farther than that. Historically, people avoided buying new items to save money, or simply because said new items were not as readily available to purchase as they are today. Reusing and recycling materials was done out of necessity, too, but the effect of saving resources remains the same. Rug making is one of the best examples. Throughout the 19th century, American families had many ways of transforming fabric scraps into useful rugs. The earliest were tongue ...
Dear Annie: I work remotely and rent a small guesthouse on a property owned by a retired couple, "Tom" and "Linda." They live in the main house and are kind, but recently their friendliness has crossed into something more intrusive. At first, it was small things; Linda would wave and come ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 70-year-old woman. I have Type 2 diabetes, and my morning fasting blood sugar numbers are all over the place. It's very frustrating. I take glipizide and metformin. Could you tell me how to correct the numbers? — L.C. ANSWER: Unfortunately, I can't give you specific ...
Dear Heloise: M.W. in California said she straps her cross-body purse into a shopping cart so that no one could steal it without taking the cart. I was shopping not long ago. There were a few grocery items in my cart. The only things of mine in the cart were a number of clothing shopping ...
Some designers become so popular that their name becomes synonymous with their style. This can make matters confusing for collectors. Duncan Phyfe furniture is one of the most famous examples. Cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854) came to America in 1784, served in an apprenticeship in Albany, New York, and had his own workshop by 1792. He made furniture in many styles popular in the late 18th to early 19th centuries, including Sheraton, Empire, Regency, and Rococo Revival. By the 20th century, however, "Duncan Phyfe" referred to a reproduction of Empire style. The name was, and still ...
