ColumnsSmall TalkA toy-car trip down memory laneJean GilletteFebruary 8, 2022 February 8, 20220684 Most disturbing to my non-collector heart is that the more I learned about this boxful of toys, the less I wanted to part with them....
ColumnsSmall TalkYear of the Tiger could be wild oneJean GilletteFebruary 1, 2022 February 1, 20220278 I want to wish you all a bountiful Lunar New Year of the Tiger, 4720....
ColumnsSmall TalkThe great microwave experimentJean GilletteJanuary 26, 2022 January 26, 20220192 Most of my microwave experiments result in some minor disaster and this was no exception....
ColumnsSmall TalkA librarian’s tips for kids, adult booksJean GilletteJanuary 18, 2022 January 18, 20220181 Being regularly awash in books, I occasionally take a minute to share some of the best of my recent reads....
ColumnsSmall TalkBreathing well is the best revengeJean GilletteJanuary 11, 2022January 17, 2022 January 11, 2022January 17, 20220340 I wish I could time-travel back to the newsroom where I lost the good fight, trying to get my editor to let some fresh air...
ColumnsSmall TalkA new year and bigger waistlineJean GilletteJanuary 4, 2022 January 4, 20220133 I want to offer a salute of solidarity to all who may have overindulged just a tad during the last few weeks....
ColumnsSmall TalkOutside the box gift ideasJean GilletteDecember 22, 2021 December 22, 20210229 This may be the Christmas to forgo the sequined sweater and bad ties that only address the outer self....
ColumnsSmall TalkThe Red Badge of CoolnessJean GilletteDecember 14, 2021December 14, 2021 December 14, 2021December 14, 20210294 Even the kids who end up on crutches relish that handful of days when they get to be a minor celebrity....
ColumnsSmall TalkMy gifts have gotten a bad wrapJean GilletteDecember 8, 2021 December 8, 20210257 A survey says that the holiday chore people hate the most is wrapping presents. Just hearing that was the best Christmas gift I could get....
ColumnsSmall TalkSmall Talk: Catalog industry has my numberJean GilletteDecember 1, 2021 December 1, 20210159 I have a love-hate relationship with catalogs. I always succumb and order something, so by November, my mailbox begins to runneth over....
ColumnsSmall TalkSmall Talk: On front lines of the cold warJean GilletteNovember 22, 2021 November 22, 20210145 Cases of colds and flu are turning up more because we have been masked for so long....
ColumnsSmall TalkSmall Talk: Boys in the atticJean GilletteNovember 16, 2021 November 16, 20210134 The attic. In song and story, it is the exotic location of many a mystery, the discovery of a valuable heirloom or the frigid domicile...
ColumnsSmall TalkSmall Talk: Soot yourselfJean GilletteNovember 9, 2021 November 9, 20210173 I came home to find a strange man in the garage. He was covered with black smudges and had dark hair, a dark beard and...
ColumnsSmall TalkSmall Talk: I trusted; you didn’t deliverJean GilletteNovember 3, 2021 November 3, 2021085 I think this time hurt the worst because I was very slow to warm up to email....
ColumnsSmall TalkSmall Talk: Sofa, so goodJean GilletteOctober 27, 2021 October 27, 20210199 Because I can’t continue to change residences every few years, as I did as an Air Force child, I settle for rearranging the furniture....