Feminine Wiles

Uh oh. You’d think – after six years, including a three-and-half-year engagement, and now, nearly two months of mar...

On this beautiful autumn afternoon, it is 63 degrees in our house. Not in  every  room, of course. That would be crazy. We've had the fi...

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 . Julia is winding up seven weeks as an exchange student in South Africa. Carter is three weeks int...

I choose to refer to it as an "adventure." True, I turned 50 two weeks ago.  I turned 50, sold my house and put a con...

What was I thinking? Or really, when I signed up for the 35 th Cooper River Bridge Run , was I thinking at all? Apparently not, ...

Exam prep continues apace Chez Wiles. As you might imagine, in such a serious and focused and studious atmosphere, Carter and Darling Daugh...

Nearly 17 years ago, as soon-to-be-parents, and before settling on "Carter," we considered a number of names for our son, includin...

To be honest, I don't like being asked questions.  I don't like being cornered.  I don't like thinking I may not have the ...