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....
Jean Gillette
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....
Small Talk: Learning to keep email at arm’s length
I am now more entrenched than ever in my belief that the printed page will never die....
Small Talk: You can take the boy off the farm …
He tricked me. When we courted, he wore suits and ties, and looked darned handsome in them....
Small Talk: Sick of being sick
I am absolutely done being sick....
Small Talk: Boy offers sage marriage advice
Cotillion, he said, was like minor-league dating. You went there to practice....
Small Talk: When the man flu is real
Continuing to be the strong, silent, independent sort may get you killed....
