Candy Apples, 12-Inch Subs and Quarter Waters: 3rd Graders Lunches = One Step Closer To Type 2 Diabetes
By NICK CHILES I was pleased to see that the class trip was a big hit. My daughter Lila's third-grade class had hit the Salvador Dali...
A Tribute to Two Classics: Sonny Rollins and My Dad
Sonny Rollins By NICK CHILES Recently I had the precious opportunity to pay tribute to two old black men, both fabulous in their own special...
Graduation Day The Little Boy Grows into a Man
By NICK CHILES Our world is in such a shabby state that it is a little disconcerting to imagine sending a child out into it...
The Joy of the Parenting Do-Over
By NICK CHILES One of the unequivocal joys of parenthood is re-living some of the most exciting events from our past through the eyes of...
Home Made Love: Nick's Easy Like Sunday Morning French Toast
My baby is the grill master, okay? Ribs, chicken, fish, vegetables, Cocoa Puffs whatever Nick cooks over charcoal always comes to our dinner table perfectly...
Invasion of the Personality Snatchers… Or, Hurray, The Teenager is Here
By NICK CHILESIt is something we parents can't help. We look at our children, at their personality quirks and quivers, and we can't help playing...
Dont Stare Too Hard: Of Wives and Hair
By NICK CHILES When your wife changes her hair, it has the effect of an earthquake in the house. And if extra hair was added,...
Teenage Car Traumas: A Dad Loses Control
By NICK CHILES Nobody told me it would be like this. Sure, I knew that when my teenage son got his license and we put...
Summertime, and the Living Isn't So Easy
By NICK CHILES One of these days I need to ask my parents if they felt the same way about the summertime as I do....
The Sun Always Rises: A Gift to Mothers
By NICK CHILES Like an all-powerful deity, she hovers over our lives from the very first breath we take. She feeds us, nurtures us, becomes...
