https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/Things My Clients Told Me and Around Monet. Stories from Jayne Brewster.en-ushttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-one-who-knew/For nineteen years I had a standing Friday at ten o'clock, wash and set, with a woman named Opal.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 25 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-one-who-knew/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/i-didn-t-do-anything-to-it/She said it before I had the cape snapped.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 18 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/i-didn-t-do-anything-to-it/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/nobody-called-me/On a Monday, my nine o'clock told me she was so sorry to hear I was selling the shop.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/nobody-called-me/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/forty-one-photographs/Jeanette sat down, handed me her phone, and said she wanted something completely different.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/forty-one-photographs/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/soft-money/Loretta paid cash, and the bills were always soft.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/soft-money/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-bangs-rule/I have one rule I never broke, and here it is: I do not cut bangs on a woman who has been crying.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-bangs-rule/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-photograph/Ruth Ann brought in a picture and asked me to make her look like it.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-photograph/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/welcome-to-monet-kansas/People ask me why I set a murder series in a tiny Kansas town where the grain elevators are painted like Impressionist masterpieces.Around MonetTue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/welcome-to-monet-kansas/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/character-reference/The federal government called my salon on a Tuesday afternoon.Things My Clients Told MeMon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/character-reference/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/what-we-owe-the-places-we-leave-behind/I spent thirty years watching people come home.Around MonetThu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/what-we-owe-the-places-we-leave-behind/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-alibi/I read a lot of mysteries.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-alibi/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/regulars/This one isn’t funny.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/regulars/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-six-oclock-emergency/The phone rang at three minutes to close.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-six-oclock-emergency/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/fort-knox/Every family has a system for distributing news, whether they know it or not.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/fort-knox/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-perm-ultimatum/Dottie had been getting the same perm from me every twelve weeks for as long as I’d been doing hair, and from somebody else for a good decade before that.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-perm-ultimatum/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-line/I want to be clear that I was a guest at this wedding.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-line/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/busted/This was back when fuchsia hair was just starting to be a thing.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/busted/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/prince-charming-royalty-free/I want to preface this by saying I am a hairdresser, not a detective.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/prince-charming-royalty-free/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/what-you-see-coming-home/There’s something nobody tells you about Kansas until you’ve driven it yourself.Around MonetWed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/what-you-see-coming-home/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-best-mistake-i-ever-made/I want to say it was intentional.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-best-mistake-i-ever-made/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-women-who-painted-the-sky/If you’ve ever driven into Monet, Kansas for the first time, you already know the moment I’m talking about.Around MonetWed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-women-who-painted-the-sky/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-cat/I want to be clear that I have heard a lot of things in thirty years.Things My Clients Told MeSun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-cat/https://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-secret-that-wasnt/Diane had been coming to me for eleven years when she sat down in my chair one Tuesday afternoon, looked both ways like she was crossing a highway, and announced in a stage whisper that she had a…Things My Clients Told MeMon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jaynebrewster.com/blog/the-secret-that-wasnt/