ColumnsSmall TalkThe slipper-y slopeJean GilletteSeptember 20, 2022 September 20, 20220217 Perhaps it is my task to provide friends and strangers with a good laugh....
ColumnsSmall TalkEating less meat, but not yet ready for cold turkeyJean GilletteSeptember 14, 2022September 14, 2022 September 14, 2022September 14, 20220139 I’ve been eating largely vegetarian this summer and the results feel good....
ColumnsSmall TalkKindergarten didn’t disappointJean GilletteAugust 31, 2022September 2, 2022 August 31, 2022September 2, 20220139 The start of the school year comes far too early for me. I always ease the jolt by watching the kindergartners....
ColumnsSmall TalkKeeping my powder dryJean GilletteAugust 23, 2022August 23, 2022 August 23, 2022August 23, 20220143 A herd of ants made themselves at home in my cupboard this morning, giving special attention to a box of cereal....
ColumnsSmall TalkIn LA, all roads lead to roamJean GilletteAugust 16, 2022August 16, 2022 August 16, 2022August 16, 20220268 The freeways in Los Angeles live up to their miserable reputation of being wildly confusing and poorly marked....
ColumnsSmall TalkHere to tell you where you can goJean GilletteAugust 9, 2022August 9, 2022 August 9, 2022August 9, 20220239 I would like to remind everyone that in at least 40 of our 50 states, you can buy a home for less than half of...
ColumnsSmall TalkThe day I dyed my hair and went to Comic-ConJean GilletteAugust 2, 2022August 2, 2022 August 2, 2022August 2, 20220136 I have been known to find any excuse to wear a costume and am quite comfortable looking a little ridiculous....
ColumnsSmall TalkCOVID found me after allJean GilletteJuly 26, 2022July 26, 2022 July 26, 2022July 26, 20220302 I am grateful to have gotten four immunizations, which made my infection minimally miserable, but I prefer the idea of being bulletproof....
ColumnsSmall TalkYou must crawl before you can flyJean GilletteJuly 19, 2022 July 19, 20220202 In the summertime, getting to the airport can be very risky business....
ColumnsSmall TalkMy genetic engineering wish listJean GilletteJuly 12, 2022 July 12, 20220340 Just look around. Don’t tell me there aren’t several things, and people, you’d like to have tweaked just a wee bit....
ColumnsSmall TalkFeeling just GrandJean GilletteJuly 5, 2022 July 5, 20220122 Call me Grandma! I joined this lovely club last week and it has already been filled with amazing moments....
ColumnsSmall TalkJean-ealogy: Tales, not treesJean GilletteJune 29, 2022 June 29, 20220134 The dry facts of who married and begat whom is far less interesting to me than the recollections of how they actually lived their lives....
ColumnsSmall TalkThe sweet smells of summerJean GilletteJune 21, 2022 June 21, 20220351 Every time I take a deep breath, I get a little giddy. Summer is here and I know this by the wonderful scents in the...
ColumnsSmall TalkChange comes for my garbageJean GilletteJune 14, 2022 June 14, 20220128 I am having to retrain and be retrained. I hate learning curves....
ColumnsSmall TalkSummer wear’s not my long suitJean GilletteJune 8, 2022 June 8, 20220133 As summer approaches I face the usual horrible truths. I need to shop for a bathing suit. This is most women’s finest nightmare....