By DYLAN BIGELOW Staff writer As I crawled under the dining room table again, I wanted to know whom this trail was for. I plucked another kernel-sized crumb from the floor and dusted the smaller ones into a tiny pile with my other hand. I know my kids well enough. The crumbs were not ...

Hi, this is Kevin, I'm Lovina’s youngest son. She calls me the baby, but I don't like being called that. I decided to write the column while she is downstairs washing laundry. I've always wanted to get back into writing. It seems that every time I write I quit after 20 pages in, and that ...

DEAR ANNIE: My three brothers and I are all senior citizens, and throughout our lives we have endured a very difficult relationship with our mother. From the time we were children, she was physically and emotionally abusive. She controlled us, manipulated us, lied to us and often gaslighted ...

DEAR HELOISE: Irene from Beaverton, Oregon, wrote that she used sticky notes on her bathroom mirror to remember appointments. I understand her dilemma. I used to do this, too, but then I took it one step further. Several years ago, I put a calendar on the wall right next to my mirror and put ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 65-year-old and otherwise healthy male. After spending the past five years believing that my trembling hands were the result of essential tremor, a second DaT (dopamine transporter) scan (the first one was misread, I guess) and a neurologist at a teaching institution ...

Point count is often just as helpful during the play as it is during the bidding. Take this case where East made an intelligent use of point count to defeat three notrump. West led the K-Q-J of hearts, East playing the 4-3-8 in that order. Declarer won the third heart with the ace, led the ...