With jet fuel prices as high as they are, shopping for airplane tickets to visit the Melancon family this winter has been frustrating. Since we started looking in October the prices have been out of reach and I was wondering if I could ever afford the trip. Finally, this weekend the prices dropped and we […]
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Get Good Prices on Holiday Travel
November 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Efficiency · family · the internets
Wanted: a Digital Piano for the Apartment
August 4th, 2008 · No Comments
I learned in December that I still love playing the piano. I hadn’t played in years but the many feet of snow outside inspired me to sit in the warm basement and remember how to play. Since then I’ve been thinking more about it and recently a few piano playing friends pointed me in this […]
Tags: art · audio · family · music · quality of life
In the News: Four Times the Trains in Barrington, IL and More Reasons to Dine at Chipotle
August 4th, 2008 · No Comments
This story about train congestion in Chicago caught my ear since the town my paternal grandparents lived in may become overrun over by four times as many trains as it gets today. A company called Canadian National wants to bypass the gridlock in downtown Chicago by using lesser used tracks outside of the city. […]
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I Am Engaged!
January 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments
We sent an email out not long ago but now everybody will know…
Please go to the link below so we can share our announcement with you:
http://evanwilder.com/announcement.htm
Warm regards,
Amanda & Evan
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Family History: Caryl Wilder Volunteers in Selma, Alabama
October 5th, 2007 · 5 Comments
In the fall of 2004 my grandmother Caryl (Taowee) Wilder told me the story of her involvement with the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965. The recording sat dormant until today when I finally transferred it to my computer and uploaded it to Wild.er for you to hear.
Listen to a story of a […]
My Sister Testifies to NPR
August 22nd, 2007 · 5 Comments
My sister visited me a few weeks ago and while in DC visited the studios of National Public Radio. As chance would have it she was lucky enough to record a testimonial about the public radio company. Listen for it on your local NPR station or just enjoy it here.
I am pleased to […]
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