Dear Heloise: If you can’t get the cap off a pill bottle on the first time, use something like a dull knife blade or a bottle ...

If you turn the hem over and restitch on a sewing machine, the edges will not become ragged from the elements.

If you like to wash a comforter and duvet at home rather than taking it to a dry cleaners, you can place it in a dryer for 1 ...

Recently, we replaced our dishwasher, and a tip in the handbook was to turn on the hot water before starting the washer ...

Dear Heloise: I would like to add a much simpler solution to clean the lint off of a dryer screen. Just wet the tips of your ...

Dear Heloise: Because an opened can of evaporated milk has a short refrigerator life before it sours, and goes bad, pour the ...

What I do with my greeting cards, including and mostly Christmas cards, is to cut off the fronts of the cards and give them ...

Dear Heloise: I sympathize to some extent with the writer in a recent column of yours lamented how doctor’s offices will say ...

Quills required single smooth flows of the nib; printing would have caused far too many blots and smudges. However, long ...

Dear Heloise: I’m writing about a reader’s advice that you printed regarding freshening a teddy bear. The writer suggested a ...

Regarding the recent hint suggesting we plug in extension cords behind heavy pieces of furniture for future use. This can be ...

The letter about preventing carbon monoxide poisoning by getting a monitor for your home is a must but, it didn’t go far enough.