GREETINGS, SUN SPOTS: I enjoy your column, finding it a helpful community of people helping people. Here’s my particular question. About 50 years ago I was dating a girl in Fort Plain, N.Y., in the Mohawk Valley, home to many Dutch families. At her mother’s home there was an earthenware crock on the dinner table […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I read the the information you gave someone letting them know the difference between whole and term life (Aug. 1). I’ve been wanting to advise people for a long time now about reading the polices for whole life.  My husband bought a life insurance policy from two high-pressure salesmen at a company […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for your good work. We live on the Androscoggin River and put our boat in the river. Every year they drop the water about three feet. Is there any way we can find out when they will drop the water or raise it again? We don’t know whom to contact […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have just learned my beautiful granddaughter may be getting married in 2015. I am a quilter and am hoping to make her a double wedding ring quilt. I know I have a little over a year to complete my intended project, but any quilter will tell you this is quite a […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking for pins from the Great Falls Balloon Festival. I need four to complete my collection: the second annual (1994), the third annual (1995), the sixth annual (1998) and the eighth annual (2000). Please let me know if you have any of these pins! — Sarah Nichols, [email protected], 240-8729 DEAR […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Where would Sun Journal readers be without your column? It is a must read for so many. Thank you for educating, enlightening and entertaining us. I’m writing in hopes that some of your readers might have a mannequin.  On Oct. 6, the YWCA is holding a “Glamour & Glitz of Days Gone […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: A few weeks ago you listed several nonprofits that could use fabric and notions. I have already given to both but cannot find the address of Deb. I have more notions for her sewing class. Thank you. — Kris Cornish, [email protected] ANSWER: That column generated several responses, including the letter that follows. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I hired a “handyman” to paint my deck. I’ll admit that when he did it in the fall, it looked beautiful. But after a winter, you should see it — white blotches all over, like he used water colors. He used stain instead of deck and porch paint. You cannot use stain […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for a wonderful column. We have gained a wealth of knowledge over the years. This letter is a follow-up to your July 31 column. The Attorney General’s Office’s Consumer Protection Service was able to help us with a defective refrigerator many years ago. We were very grateful. Unfortunately, they were […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: About a month ago I wrote to you about my stove. You answered that it would have been helpful if I had given you the model number. So here I am again! It’s an Amana self-cleaning range. It’s 15 years old and works excellently, but I cannot use the oven because I […]