Dear Heloise: A recent column included a letter about squirrel food. You wrote to never feed a squirrel cashews, sunflower seeds, dried corn or pine nuts. I’ve been feeding my squirrels corn, cashews and sunflower seeds. I was under the impression that these were good for them. I have been ...

Dear Annie: I spent my early childhood years with a loving foster family, and today, at age 75, I have a great relationship with my foster brother. I lived with my biological family from age 7 until I left for college. I have one biological brother, and long story short, we are not close. ...

Dear Annie: My wife and I recently found out that our 19-year-old son has been smoking pot for about a year. We had been suspicious but didn’t have proof until last week. He says that it helps his anxiety (something we didn’t know he had), keeps him focused and helps him to have a decent ...

Dear Heloise: I just found a way to use the address labels that nonprofits send you for donating to their charities. I recently moved to a retirement village and had to change my address. Since I don’t write many checks, I failed to realize that I still had lots of preprinted checks that list ...

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library Fiction Castille, Sarah. Sound of Us Evans, Richard Paul. Christmas in Bethel Gilmore, Laurie. The Christmas tree Farm (Dream Harbor #3) Miller, Rich. It Rhymes with Truth Morgenthaler, Sarah. The Christmas You Found Me (Heart of ...

Dear Heloise: I have always traveled extensively and have a shoebox full of postcards that I have collected but never sent. I send them now to friends and relatives in assisted living facilities and also to my grandchildren. Both groups love getting mail. I even buy old postcards at thrift ...