Hints from heloise

Dear Heloise: I am an avid crafts person, and for a long time I’ve thought of a problem and finally decided to tell you about it.

Many times, I go to estate sales and see craft projects on sale that are only partly done. The deceased didn’t get time to finish it, and there are usually no directions to complete it. I keep a copy of my pattern in with my yarn or thread projects as I work on them so that if I kick the bucket, someone can finish what I started. — Mrs. Melba Dougherty, Salem, Ore.

Dear Heloise: I am not a cook, but I did fix some chicken in the pressure cooker and wanted to save the stock. My wife didn’t have a fine mesh strainer, so I strained it through a plastic one that didn’t work too well. After wiping out the strainer, I put a coffee filter in the bottom of it and re-strained the stock. This worked really well. — Chet Klod, Lexington, Ky.