Jean Gillette

I thought I had led a somewhat checkered life, but I surely did not see this madness coming. My heart is aching for so many...

Our family has a somewhat expensive history of craving gourmet food at an early age....

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to your ringside seats for round 432 of the classic battle between the “10-Year-Old Terror” and “The Meanest Mom.” No, this...

You never need a calendar at elementary school to know when spring has arrived. And in California, of course, it arrives before the snow stops...

I am having approach-avoidance syndrome with my new sewing machine. I am thrilled to have finally gotten it, but I really wish my mom was...

It isn’t easy to gross out a 7-year-old boy, so occasionally the challenge is too much to resist....

I felt like a break in my regular routine and I needed a good laugh, so I spent Saturday in traffic school. Well, it wasn’t...

Would you like the night to last forever? Just wait until your child has a cough and fever....

I do my small part, correcting students on “bringed,” “brung” and “brang” and pointing out that while they may have done “good” they also did...

I’m a big fan of pajamas. ...