Small TalkDealing with the unthinkableJean GilletteDecember 9, 2015 December 9, 20150187 At first I didn’t want to talk about it, because I was certain it was nothing. Then I didn’t want to talk about it, because...
Small TalkThere is joy in cooking afterallJean GilletteNovember 18, 2015 November 18, 20150255 I am simply delighted, because I owe an apology to “The Joy of Cooking” and its staff. I recently reran an old column (OK, really...
Small TalkWhat retirement might bringJean GilletteNovember 17, 2015 November 17, 20150217 My husband is retiring next week. This statement has prompted many responses, most commonly, “Oh, no. What are you going to do?” I am late...
Small TalkNo Joy in cooking without butterJean GilletteNovember 7, 2015 November 7, 20151274 The holidays are upon us, which, in my house, means lots of delicious baking. While I consider myself flexible, I finally discovered where I draw...
Small TalkNow on to the anniversary partyJean GilletteOctober 14, 2015 October 14, 20150244 That tidal wave of wedding plans I saw looming last May, as my daughter’s wedding day approached, has hit the shore. No fatalities have been...
Small TalkDare to be 100? No thank youJean GilletteSeptember 30, 2015 September 30, 20150268 Every time I hear of another breakthrough that lets you live 10 more years, I wince. Heaven knows AARP will have my hide. So will...
Small Talk“Everyone coming has been here before”Jean GilletteSeptember 24, 2015 September 24, 20150258 These things seem so obvious, once I‘m up to my neck in them, but it appears I will breath my last still learning things the...
Small TalkThere’s a snake on the porch!Jean GilletteSeptember 16, 2015 September 16, 201502265 I’m hoping someone can tell me where I might take a crash course in Harry Potter’s parseltongue. I very much need to chat up the...
Small TalkLet’s have a wedding already!Jean GilletteSeptember 10, 2015 September 10, 20151210 I have heard of people canceling weddings near the date, but I want to do quite the opposite. My daughter’s wedding is three weeks away....
Small TalkKindergarten from a safe distanceJean GilletteSeptember 2, 2015 September 2, 20150268 Either their little hands wave wildly in the air for attention or they sit as still as stone, trying to figure out just how they...
Small TalkThe rush from ‘rushing’Jean GilletteAugust 31, 2015 August 31, 20150260 I sorted through the mail in the still heat of the San Diego August and spotted my college sorority magazine. This time of year, one...
Small TalkThe marvels of my two red shoesJean GilletteAugust 31, 2015August 31, 2015 August 31, 2015August 31, 20150229 I still wince as I watch “Sex In The City” reruns and one of the girls spends $200 to $400 on a pair of shoes....
ColumnsSmall TalkYou’re now entering ‘The Wedding Zone’Jean GilletteJuly 22, 2015July 29, 2015 July 22, 2015July 29, 20150205 I have found the root of all excess in our society. It’s Pinterest. Planning my daughter’s wedding, I have developed a deep love-hate relationship with that...
ColumnsSmall TalkIn a slow season, she’s ready for faster foodJean GilletteJuly 9, 2015July 9, 2015 July 9, 2015July 9, 20150221 Hey. It’s summer. Get the heck out of the kitchen. You’re making me look bad....
Small TalkViva la pesca!Jean GilletteJune 10, 2015 June 10, 20150243 I am trying to take the right attitude after my husband and friend rolled in from a weekend south of Ensenada, Mexico, carrying their weight...