Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: If you want to mail a CD as a gift, sandwich it between two bags of unpopped microwave popcorn. You not only protect the CD, you give a gift of popcorn. – Corkey Addcox, Mount Shasta, Calif.

Dear Heloise: On impulse, I pulled out my pastry brush and dusted off my telephone. Friends encouraged me to tell you. It’s simple, but I’d never thought of it before, so … – Jan, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Dear Heloise: To get a book returned to you, instead of putting your name on front flyleaf, write it on the very last page of the actual book (i.e., after the end). This way, the person will see it when he or she finishes the book. No one thinks to look back at the front of a book when finishing it. – Caroline Munoz of Austin, Minn.