Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Wander.
Whispers of Winter
"There are places where the holiday season doesn’t just arrive — it settles in. It curls around you like a wool scarf, it glows like a candle in a frosted window, and it whispers stories you swear you’ve heard before. Today, we’re stepping into one of New England’s most enduring traditions: the Enchanted Village at Jordan’s Furniture in Avon, Massachusetts."
By Kristen Barenthaler22 days ago in Wander
Postcard from Castle Hill
Close your eyes and let the sea wind carry you. Hear the hush of tide through salt grass, the crunch of gravel beneath footfalls, and the low call of a distant bell. Before you unfurls a vision as layered as history itself: a rolling drumlin crowned by a Stuart-style mansion, its pale walls gleaming above a velvet lawn that tumbles half a mile toward the Atlantic—a landscape as finely composed as poetry and as resonant as legend. This is Castle Hill, the luminous core of the Crane Estate in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where stories—both spoken and unspoken—gather like morning mist over marsh.
By Kristen Barenthaler22 days ago in Wander
Literary Heartbeats
Step through an unassuming storefront in Saratoga Springs, New York. Let the city’s familiar bustle fade behind you. Sink into the creak of hardwood floors as your gaze is drawn toward a labyrinth unfolding, room after room, swollen with stories. This is the Lyrical Ballad Bookstore—a place where literary ghosts linger, and generations of readers, writers, and dreamers have lost themselves amid 200,000 volumes of wonder.
By Kristen Barenthaler22 days ago in Wander
Across the Bridge of Flowers
Welcome, fellow wanderers, to Postcards Between Pages, where stories spill out from well-thumbed novels into the world, and where travel isn’t just a journey of miles, but a pilgrimage of meaning. I’m your host, inviting you today to one of the most poetic destinations on the American map—a place where steel and stone have, quite literally, been transformed by blossoms and imagination: the Bridge of Flowers, in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.
By Kristen Barenthaler22 days ago in Wander
Why Fencing Choices Matter More Than Ever in Saudi Arabia
Fencing Is No Longer Just a Boundary In many construction and infrastructure discussions, fencing is treated as an afterthought—something added at the end to “close the site.” In Saudi Arabia, that mindset no longer works. From industrial zones to residential developments, fencing now plays a direct role in safety, durability, compliance, and even long-term cost control.
By Matco Industry23 days ago in Wander
Gift of the Epiphany
I have come to love the Mike's monthly unofficial challenges. They spark my imagination and cause me to dig, explore and search out truths. They also cause personal memories of mine to sparkle for a bit. January's challenge was no exception. In fact, the events that I'm now journaling still amaze me because those steps felt so ordered, yet unmistakingly, not mine.
By Shirley Belk23 days ago in Wander
Da Mayor Trip
I’m going to tell you a story. The Story doesn’t end here, this is just the beginning. On November 19 I was surprisingly terminated from my job. And for dubious reasons as well. I enjoyed my job for the most part. The work was easy, I got a long with my co-workers for the most part and the benefits and time off allowed me to do what I wanted to do – travel, go places and do things, and most of all – not be at work!
By D.A. Mayor23 days ago in Wander
What a Truly Comfortable Travel Experience Feels Like — Beyond Hotels and Flights. AI-Generated.
When people talk about comfortable travel, the conversation usually revolves around hotels, flight classes, or airport lounges. While these details matter, comfort in travel often comes from something less visible: how smoothly everything fits together.
By Jeffrey Mathew24 days ago in Wander
Take a Hike in Mexico
The Ajusco Summit Trail, located in the Cumbres Del Ajusco National Park, is one of the most popular hikes in Mexico. Hikers hike to the peaks of Ajusco or Malacatepeti for awesome views. Trails take hikers through forests and rough terrain. The trail is a 10 km long loop and is a high-altitude trek. The trail passes through high mountain pine forests and alpine meadows, providing a diverse hiking experience.
By Rasma Raisters24 days ago in Wander
Away from the Crowds in Oklahoma
Imagine traveling in Catoosa and seeing the Blue Whale. This blue creature was built by Hugh Davis in 1972 as a 34th wedding anniversary gift for his wife. Since then, people driving down Route 66 have admired it. Another purpose for building the whale was so that it could serve as a swim dock for neighborhood children to dive and slide into a pond.
By Rasma Raisters24 days ago in Wander
The EXplorer
I am a follower of all things Travel and Adventure, my eyes light up at the discovery of a new flight route to Armenia, A camel trek in the Western Sahara or a Windsurfing trip in Naxos. I sometime discover information about destinations so far removed from any known tourist guides that I cannot even pinpoint them on the world map without tracing the steps of previous explorers with some kind of obsessive desire to find the answers. The thought of the unknown is what drives my spirit of adventure, I leave scribbles and notes in diaries about trips and ideas far into the future, even if they are not viable or I never embark on them, but each idea is what inspires and motivates me to keep taking those steps to find what is over the horizon.
By Malachai Hough24 days ago in Wander
