Small Talk: Hair today, bun tomorrow
The style is not sassy or cute, nor does it make me look younger, but it takes about 60 seconds to look presentable....
Jean Gillette
Small Talk: This old house
It seems my home has contracted GOTOLD-40....
Small Talk: Go with the flow
For about half an hour Saturday morning, my front yard almost qualified as a national park....
Small Talk: The duffel bag of motherhood
My purse has become an annex for the county dump....
Small Talk: Throwing a no-hitter
My persistence might make you think I regularly hit my target. Nope....
Small Talk: Yankin’ my chains
I revel in capitalism at its best. But that was when we had a choice of major department stores, each with its own personality and...
Small Talk: Wave of the past
I am enormously relieved I don’t look like Bozo the clown this morning. I did something rather dicey this weekend. I gave myself a permanent...
Small Talk: House of discards
‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Anyone’s trash is my daughter’s treasure. All I can say is, it doesn’t come from my side of...
Small Talk: Not in my side yard!
For all the ink I waste talking a lot about my battles with the plants in my yard, I would never call myself a gardener...
Small Talk: Wise words hit funny bone
One of my dad’s favorite expressions popped out of my mouth the other day. I didn’t expect it, really, but the situation called for it...