Welcome to “Ask Frank & Jane”, a lighthearted advice column where domestic dilemmas are considered carefully, and usually from inside a colander. ⸻ Dear Frank & Jane, During a family holiday gathering, I found myself happily occupied with setting and decorating the table:
There are many advice columns in the world, but very few address the real crises of modern domestic life: The mother-in-law who travels with drawer dividers The friend who “checks in” by delivering emotional weather reports about herself The neighbor
Meet Frank, the long-legged velvet frog who once kept order in my music classroom and somehow became my most faithful writing companion. Here’s how, years ago, he hopped into my suitcase for Honduras, and why he still has a seat