Chiggers and Things That Go Bump in the Woods
For the uninitiated, chiggers are microscopic red bugs that emerged from the valleys and hollers of Appalachia that were flooded by the TVA. They’re still angry about The New Deal.
Jon Kile July 24, 2023
For the uninitiated, chiggers are microscopic red bugs that emerged from the valleys and hollers of Appalachia that were flooded by the TVA. They’re still angry about The New Deal.
Jon Kile October 23, 2022
Renaissance Dad columnist Jon Kile tells readers why he loves the new SunRunner.
Jon Kile July 18, 2022
Jon Kile caught COVID-19 while camping in the Catskills. How does it work in a camper when one of the four people living in it catch COVID-19? They were about to find out.
Jon Kile May 19, 2022
As a parent, Jon Kile writes, we can only hope to raise kids who make smart decisions when we aren’t looking and keep them from following a Kardashian into a cult. Here’s what he found his kids watching on their phones.
Jon Kile March 31, 2022
This week, Jon Kile talks about his son’s love affair with (pricey) boiled peanuts.
Jon Kile February 20, 2021
Stay-at-home dad Jon Kile knows that if you teach a kid to fish, eventually they will entertain themselves.
Jon Kile January 16, 2021
As a parent I’ve noticed something strange and exciting as the pandemic has worn on. Children roaming, unfettered, in the streets.
Jon Kile November 2, 2020
Kids say the darnedest things. Columnist Jon Kile shares the woes of parenting sometimes-too-honest kids in a pandemic election season.
Jon Kile August 20, 2020
Local parent Jon Kile writes about schooling in a pandemic, dealing with a really bad medical diagnosis and fun family escapades.