Small Talk: For the cupcake purists
I have, however, noticed a thoroughly disturbing trend: Bakers are skimping more and more on the icing....
Jean Gillette
Small Talk: Once you go Mac …
It’s been a slightly trying arrival into 2020. My 10-year-old MacBook chose not to celebrate the holidays. I’m not sure what prompted me to go...
Small Talk: Quips that didn’t make the cut
Ideas that didn’t warrant a full column, but still deserved a little exposure....
Small Talk: New Year’s compromises
Oh yippee. Time to begin considering New Year’s resolutions....
Small Talk: Ode to the tiny bakers
It would be fun, I thought innocently. The kids can help. You know the rest....
Small Talk: Finding real joy in a fake Christmas tree
It was something I thought I would never do. It was one of the best things I have ever done....
Small Talk: Tea’s on, pinkies out
My mother announced some time ago she intended to celebrate my daughter’s ninth birthday with a “real” tea party. I grinned on the outside and...
Small Talk: Kids can’t stand it when Mom’s on the phone
I have a hunch that when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, his children were already grown and gone....
Small Talk: Call me a cook-zophrenic
Part of me relishes the creative, delicious world of food preparation and consumption. The other part of me runs shrieking at the mention of a...
Small Talk: Little thanks for the biggest job
Mothers from coast to coast are waiting....
