Dear Ann Landers column letters reveal family woes
A reader shares heartbreak over a long affair and its toll on children, while others praise the mother’s quiet endurance. A remarried man recalls a church sermon on perfection, and a Staten Island reader seeks tactful tips for managing an elderly mother’s pill ritual at the dinner table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Midwest
Dad
Connecticut
Dayton
Ohio
Nanna
Staten Island
Options for bread machine yeast and flour explained
Laura Lee Watson asks about differences between bread machine and regular ingredients. Heloise explains that active dry yeast requires dissolving in water while bread machine yeast needs no pre-dissolving, and equal parts can substitute. Bread machine flour has higher protein for structure. regular flour can be used but may yield a denser loaf.
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Heloise
Laura Lee Watson
Buffalo
Texas
Breadsmachine
Complex regional pain syndrome explained and treated
A reader asks about reflex sympathetic dystrophy after knee replacement. The doctor explains the condition, its phases from burning pain and swelling to lasting tissue changes, the renaming to complex regional pain syndrome, and emphasizes therapy, anti inflammatory medications, antidepressants like amitriptyline, and nerve blocks. The core message: with dedicated therapy and care, the problem can almost always be conquered.
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Across and Down clues
Crossword puzzle page item shows clues for Across and Down with names and partial entries, including references to Green Mansions, Umberto, and Trebek, plus various puzzle cues like Tajel and Wapiti. The snippet presents a dense list of clue numbers and partial words, typical of a syndicated crossword grid and its clue set.
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Cleveland
Paul Donohue
Eugene Sheffer
Umberto
Poetney Angelou
Tion H.R.H
Postal
Creed Wor de Waart
Crosby's Pa
Rozelle
Ier
Nyc
THE
Osese Pai Owe
Blondie
Courtney
Leroy
Alexander
Brad Myers
Matt
George
Michael
Chris
Mark
Mufey
Garfield
Amays
Beetle Bailey
Officers’ Club
Baby Blues
Ofan
Hammie
Dilbert
Sarry
Arpa
Mike
Wani
THES
Gotom
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