The 501

COMMENTARY

HANABA MUNN WELCH

Handy hacks from Hanaba

Raise your hand if you grew up reading “Hints from Heloise.” It was my favorite part of housekeeping—reading about it. I guess that makes me an academic, if an academic is someone who takes an interest in something from several feet away, learning all about whatever but not really craving a hands-on experience.

No, I didn’t help my mother very much. She didn’…