Fast cars. Loud engines. Jean shorts. Lady and gentlemen, start… your… engines! Last week, my sister and I went to our first NASCAR race, the Daytona 500. There was fun, there were games, but it wasn’t all fun and games. I’ll get to some of that later, but the story starts back in November onContinue reading “Lady and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines! (Daytona 500 Part 1)”
Author Archives: Ben Wilder
Festive Dog Sweaters
Remember the days when your parents used to dress you? OK, I don’t either but as the parent of 2 dogs, I’ve taken it upon myself to put clothes on them whether they like it or not. “I’m your father,” I say when they give me those sad puppy eyes, literally. “You will put thisContinue reading “Festive Dog Sweaters”
It’s Him or Me
How often are you faced with a choice that alters your future, and maybe the course of other lives, as well? Sure we all make choices every day, even tiny ones that seem insignificant but could determine where we are in a year, or 5 years, or 25. Like when I get caught at aContinue reading “It’s Him or Me”
Thank you, India… and Other Favorite Names
I bet you didn’t think this post would be about Alanis Morissette, did you? Well, you’re in the ball park of being right. I heard her on the radio and totally forgot about the song “Thank U.” She wrote it after a memorable trip to India, so that’s why the chorus repeats “Thank you, India.”Continue reading “Thank you, India… and Other Favorite Names”
Travelling Taylor Swiftly into the Night
The other day I was driving down the interstate and what did my eyes behold? Taylor Swift! OK, not exactly the Taylor Swift. But it was a semi-truck with her last name on the side. Seconds later it was cut off by a truck bearing “West” on the side and I heard it say, “YoContinue reading “Travelling Taylor Swiftly into the Night”
Out of the Wilderness 