DEAR SUN SPOTS: This is my answer to Tim Giroux’s comment on the right way to fly the American flag. I understand the etiquette, but I am a 79-year-old widow. I met my husband when we were both in the Air Force and were married for 52 years. I fly my flag all the time […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I got an envelope through the mail with a bunch of postcards and advertisements that you can sign up for magazines and catalogs. I filled out a handful of postcards for free catalogs. I later got a bill for one of the postcards I sent out, saying that it was a magazine […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I hope you can help. Recently, a trio was broadcast playing at the gazebo in Livermore Falls on local Channel 7 through Time Warner Cable. The group consisted of a male saxophone player, a female singer and guitar player and a male playing the keyboard. I would also like to know if […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am writing to give you an update and some more information. Last fall I wrote to you and replied that I would make rain barrels for the people looking for them, and I did. A couple of people were just asking and a couple were buying, so it worked out. In […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking for people who are willing to display their military vehicles at the Western Maine Veterans Home in South Paris. The Advisory Committee raises funds for residents’ activities and is holding the event on Saturday, July 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free with donations being […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to Wilma Turcotte, Craft-Mania on Center Street in Auburn has several pattern books for crochet doilies. We also carry the crochet thread in many different sizes and colors as well as the crochet hooks. — Lee via e-mail DEAR SUN SPOTS: I saw Wilma’s inquiry for crocheted doily books in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: As a child, I spent time at my Aunt Freda’s, where she had a 78-rpm phonograph. A song I played over and over was “The Old Master Painter.” I have asked around for this song, but no one sees to have heard it or can find it anywhere. I am quite sure […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for being so helpful in offering your column to the public and answering so many of our questions. I’m an avid reader of your column and found a couple of questions I would like to present to you. I would like to know what happened to Julie Chen and Russ […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I love your column, and I read it everyday, but I need some help from your readers on two things. Does anyone know who would clean an alpaca rug? It was a gift from Peru when I was there, but it is 15 years old and never been cleaned. I would like […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have been helping my mother clean out closets and have some things to donate to a yard sale. I would love for it to benefit animal shelters if possible , but any worthy cause will do. I was also curious if you knew anywhere that could use empty 35-mm film containers? […]