Feel like baby talk is your first language? Parenting magazine recommends connecting with another adult as a stress-buster. Even a phone conversation or text message will help you feel more connected.

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TALK STORY

GET READY FOR GAB

Words fly at the 19th annual Talk Story Festival, Hawai'i's oldest and largest storytelling celebration. The event extends over three nights in Honolulu on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Park. The free program includes well-known storytellers Jeff Gere, returning hometown notable Alton Chung and "Tita" Kathy Collins, of Maui. Friday's theme is "Spoooky Tales," and includes Lopaka Kapanui, who leads Ghost Tours of Old Hawai'i. Get the full lineup at www.honoluluparks.com.

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FINAL WORD

"Everything Alex does, he does out of love for his family. There's a strong moral compass there. But there are a lot of chinks in his armor. That was something I thought had the potential to sizzle up a bit."

Jimmy Smits | on his role as Alex Vega, Cuban-American patriarch of a sugar and rum business, in CBS' "Cane" (9 p.m. Tuesdays), in Entertainment Weekly