Your cart is currently empty!
Category: Life at Wild Pine
-
Looking for the Jackson Galaxy of Dog Training
While researching puppy training before bringing home a new pup, I realized much of the advice I grew up with — especially “alpha dog” dominance training — is outdated and harmful. Here’s what the science says and what I’m choosing instead.
-
Local Markets, Stretching Dollars, and Living Anyway
Let me be very clear: feeding a family right now takes strategy, not laziness or better budgeting apps or bootstraps or whatever nonsense people like to push. Groceries are expensive on purpose. Wages are low on purpose. Assistance is hard to access on purpose. All of it works exactly as designed. And yet—our kids still…
-
Something Is Very Wrong — And Everyone Can Feel It
Let’s stop pretending this is normal. People are angrier than ever, but also numb.More informed, but more powerless.More connected, but more isolated. That’s not a coincidence. That’s a system working exactly as designed. You’re Not Crazy — You’re Overstimulated on Purpose Every day you are fed: Your nervous system was not built for this. So…
-
I Just Watched ICE Run Over a Man’s Legs — How Is This Normal Now?
ICE violence is being normalized in America. When torture becomes background noise, we are in dangerous territory.
-
The Endangered Species Act Is Under Attack — And It Should Terrify Every One of Us
I’m angry. I’m disgusted. And I’m tired of pretending this is just “politics as usual.” The Endangered Species Act (ESA) — one of the most effective, science-based conservation laws ever written — is being systematically weakened in the United States. Not with one dramatic villain monologue, but through a steady drip of rollbacks, loopholes, defunding, and “reforms”…
-
Where I’ve Been: Depression, Doomscrolling, and Showing Back Up
If you’ve noticed I’ve been quiet since mid-October… you’re not wrong. I didn’t disappear because I forgot, or got bored, or didn’t care about this blog. I disappeared because I hit a really dark emotional wall. A depression spiral caught me off-guard and held me there longer than I wanted. I kept up with the most…
-
We Walked to Dinner (Blue Day, Number 14, and a Friendly Lab)
Our evening walk to dinner turned into a 30-minute adventure: a friendly black lab, cars in the stroller, blue everything, and the number 14 popping up everywhere.
-
Our 60-Second Grab-And-Go Bag (And How It Makes Getting Out the Door a Bit Easier)
The lightweight diaper backpack we grab for long outings with kids—what’s inside (including a change-of-clothes kit), why it works, and a 60-second reset.
-
The Hard Days (Because It’s Not All Sunshine)
Real life with toddlers and cats: sibling fights, cranky baby, potty training misses, shredded blinds, endless crumbs—plus the tiny resets and repair rituals that help us start again.
-
Everything’s Smaller in Texas
(At Least Where We Live) You’ve heard the slogan. We have, too. But in our little corner of Texas, somebody must’ve washed the state motto on hot and shrunk it. Around here, everything’s smaller—or at least it feels that way, in the funniest, most endearing way possible. Take our address. Locals tell us we “live on…
-
Today at Wild Pine: Out-and-About Chaos & Small Wins
Out most of the day = chaotic, but full of wins: a potty first, gentle brothers, “mama” on repeat, one bedtime meltdown, and Tallulah being brave.