I will be starting this post with a completely unsubstantiated claim: Billie Eilish is the new Lorde. OK, so now I’ll try to back this claim up with data. Lorde pretty much fell off the map back in 2018 after her sophomore album, “Melodrama,” was released in 2017. To date, it’s sold under a millionContinue reading “Billie Eilish picking up where Lorde left off?”
Author Archives: Ben Wilder
The case of the missing frisbee
When I was in Florida a couple of weeks ago, a tragedy happened! Not a real tragedy like this date that went horribly wrong, or flying my drone into a tree… …but a tragedy my dog Asia would have been devastated by. I say “would have” because luckily, she never found out that her frisbeeContinue reading “The case of the missing frisbee”
Prayers with periods
A few days ago it dawned on me that my prayers have a lot of periods in them. “Lord, thank you for this and that. Please do this, this, and this. Help me with that, and this and that.” I do truly value humility, but I’m wondering if there’s an underlying high level of accidentalContinue reading “Prayers with periods”
I guess I’m weird?
I recently had a chat with a good friend and he and I often talk about relationships. In this conversation he let me vent about something that’s been bothering me the past few weeks. So for that alone, if my friend is reading this– thank you, sir! I won’t get into the details of myContinue reading “I guess I’m weird?”
I AM that bird
The story of the bird I posted recently has managed to lodge it’s place in my mind ever since. As tragic as it was for the bird, the driver of the car, and me, I need there to be something good coming from it. What can I learn? What can I do to make upContinue reading “I AM that bird”
Out of the Wilderness 