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WAN * der * lust

/ˈwändərˌləst/

noun: wanderlust

  1. a strong desire to travel.

Origin: early 20th century: German

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost…” J.R.R. Tolkien

An Introduction

It is said that my grandfather, Dwight Weldy, had wanderlust – the tugging, nagging need to travel and explore the world. And the many photos and stories of car trips across the United States, jaunts through Europe and even temporary family relocations to the Philippines and Honduras are proof that his wanderlust was real.

So, I come by it honestly. It’s in my DNA, this need to see, taste, smell, hear, walk and touch the places that are not here, but there… and there… and there… Read more

by Amy Martin

a blog about wandering

Gin & Tonic, Trembling Madness, and the Moors

I am a gin girl. So, finding the perfect gin & tonic was a personal mission in my downtime while I was in York. A difficult mission, but it had to be done. York was the right place for the task, and I was up for it. Like much of the UK, York has no…

Just stop. And restart.

I haven’t written here for a while—and not because I haven’t had some wonderful wanderful adventures. Or because I didn’t want to or had writer’s block or because haven’t had fantastic ideas and words swirling in my head during the cracks of my day and as I was falling asleep. I just couldn’t seem to…

Wandering my city: Kansas City

Four perfect places to spend a Sunday… It begins with a deliciously lazy sleep-in on a warm, blue-sky November Sunday morning. The stretch and yawn of a slow wake up with no agenda planned, no obligations to dread. Just a blissful day to do whatever you like. Or nothing at all. Or everything. 1. A…

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