Dear Heloise: You recently had a reader ask how to make fluffy scrambled eggs. Purchase an inexpensive malt mixer. Add a little milk and blend for 2 minutes. This will put air in the mixture. You will ...

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?

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, ...

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

Dear Heloise: I hate lavish weddings. They’re usually too loud, too crowded and too expensive. Asking people to pay to see this kind of spectacle is stressful for family and friends, especially if ...

Please tell your readers to check if there’s an organization in their area that repurposes A year ago, some volunteers in St.

Dear Heloise: The simplest way to boil eggs is to put your eggs in a pan of unheated water, then bring the water to a boil.

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

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 ...

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