Reader Digest satire and a long letter on talent and gender
A collection of letters mockingly critiques satire in Reader's Digest and discusses satire, a reader’s husband who dresses in drag, and a student asking what makes people excel. Life responds that talent blends inherited traits with hard work, discipline, dedication, and perspiration. not all are born equal, and practice matters.
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Life
Packing Tips From Heloise and More Household Hints
A collection of reader tips outlines packing with plastic bags to protect clothing, avoid wrinkles, and organize outfits. Additional notes suggest drain screens, using nylon nets, watching TV during chores, doorstop ideas, using carnations with air freshener, gifting hospital flowers, repurposing toy record players as overnight cases, and durable thrifty suitcases for children.
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Heloise
D. Rowland
At Wit s End Land of Gadget Addicts
A humorous look at a energy crisis era obsession with small electrical appliances. The piece recalls couples camping with multiple devices and party scenes featuring coffee makers blenders and ice machines while cautioning about overreliance on gadgets and looming digital energy displays.
Lynxes Learn to Climb as They Watch for Prey in Trees
The lynxes of temperate and subarctic Northern Hemisphere are agile climbers. They spend much time perched in trees awaiting prey when weather is agreeable.
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