Ben Wilder

Independence Day for the rebels

I’ve had the opportunity to celebrate July 4th for 38 years and watch fireworks shows all over the country. In fact, tonight I’ll be watching one in Missouri of all places. I’ve been to a show or two in Nashville, a couple in Ohio, quite a few in Florida, and up and down the eastContinue reading “Independence Day for the rebels”

3 miles up hill both ways

Remember your grandparents rough life walking to school up hill both ways? Totally not even possible, right? Well, I’m being as serious as I’ve ever been when I say that my brother and I have run a 5k two days in a row, same path but reversed the path the second day and, y’all, it.Continue reading “3 miles up hill both ways”

One second a day – June

Here’s a glimpse into what June looked like this year. Thanks for watching! https://youtu.be/WG6S6UyIHWs

Great and not-so-great games for kids on road trips

Nashville, Tennessee to Tallahassee, Florida. Tallahassee to Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis to Branson, Missouri. Those are all road trips I’ve been on recently and while they might not be considered long road trips, the shortest was still over 5 hours. The longest was about 10 because with children, it just takes longer. Think about stops forContinue reading “Great and not-so-great games for kids on road trips”

Using Spotify with Shazam

The highlight of my day so far is that Shazam and Spotify actually can be linked up together! I posted a blog the other day (Who is Noah Cyrus?) and posed the question why Spotify hasn’t bought out Shazam yet. Well, there’s a button in Shazam that lets you log in to Spotify. A bitContinue reading “Using Spotify with Shazam”