Hints From Heloise

Dear Readers: While visiting “Morning Exchange,” a TV show in Cleveland, I saw the office of Craig Cleek. It didn’t have any windows, but you would never know it the way it was decorated. A drape was put on from ceiling to floor to give the illusion a window was behind it. He put plants on the floor and on his desk (next to the “window”) and a pole lamp in the corner in front of the drape. It has a cheery atmosphere now and doesn’t seem so closed in. I thought this was a great little decorating hint to pass along. - Heloise

Dear Heloise: My Sound Off is about following behind a driver who feels it is necessary to swing out in the opposite direction of his turn, like he is driving a double-axle truck! - Sandra Jo Williams, Taft, Calif.

This can be aggravating and dangerous. Thanks for bringing attention to it. - Heloise