Ben Wilder

Piper Part 4 – She’s Gone Forever.

January 2010. That was when I became a dog dad to the cutest little beagle puppy. Happy Tails, where she was before I adopted her, had named her Piper and I thought it was the absolute perfect name so when we became a family of two, I didn’t change her name. Piper. The biggest ears,Continue reading “Piper Part 4 – She’s Gone Forever.”

Piper Part 3 – The Heat Is On

Snow. Sun. Cold. Hot. Seasons came and went but I learned one thing pretty quickly. Piper did not like being cold. This became evident the first winter we were together and every winter after that. You see, we had this little space heater and Piper and I both were pretty obsessed with it. Many a’nightContinue reading “Piper Part 3 – The Heat Is On”

Piper Part 2 – You Make Me Wanna Roll My Windows Down and Cruise

Hi there! Welcome to Out of the Wilderness. I’m posting 15 tributes to my best beagle who passed away last week. She was lovable. She was sneaky. She was Piper. At 15 years old, she had lived her best life whether it was getting a secret extra treat or wandering off the moment I turnedContinue reading “Piper Part 2 – You Make Me Wanna Roll My Windows Down and Cruise”

Piper Part 1 – The Beginning of An Era

I saw a picture of a bin of beagles and my schedule for the following day was immediately changed. I’d go visit Happy Tales Humane Society in Franklin, Tennessee and find the one puppy that already had all of my attention even just from that one picture. Somehow I knew that that one, not havingContinue reading “Piper Part 1 – The Beginning of An Era”

Are liberals genuinely mad about Sydney Sweeney, American Eagle?

There’s a lot of chatter about liberals hating the new campaign from American Eagle. In the left’s defense, I haven’t seen anything online ripping the ad apart. What exactly is in the commercials that could be so divisive… pro-bullying? Ketchup on mac and cheese? A tax on breathing air? Let’s take a look… An attractiveContinue reading “Are liberals genuinely mad about Sydney Sweeney, American Eagle?”