Wendi Rank
Wendi Rank is a Philadelphia-based writer and nurse known for her “Weekend Wanderer” column in MONTCO.Today, where she shares heartfelt stories, reflections, and insights on everyday life.
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Weekend Wanderer: My Daughter Is Applying to College, and I’m Not OK
I was driving down Street Road in Bucks County recently when I saw — Sorry. I have to take a deep breath or this story…
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Weekend Wanderer: Road-Trip Car Games … to Play by Yourself
So there I was, driving eight hours to drop off my kid at camp. Then driving eight hours home by myself. Three days later, I’d…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Left My Kid at Camp
So my kid is at sleepaway camp. Yep. I drove through four states to leave my kid with strangers for five days. Are you guys…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Fell. Is This the Beginning of the End?
I turned the lock on the storm door. You know the one — it won’t engage without a forceful inward jerk, an even more forceful…
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Weekend Wanderer: Indiana Jones, by Way of Maryland
What do the new Indiana Jones movie, my spiraling refrigerator, and Indy’s Maryland property have in common? The answer is a story and then some. …
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m Too Picky About My Showers
Now that my husband is all Buddy the Elf about making friends in his outdoors organization, I have met many people. Many, many people. I…
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Weekend Wanderer: Why Does My Mom Keep Misplacing Checks?
It’s been a bit since we had a Willie story. We should probably check in on her. Our check-in begins this morning, when I was…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Death of the Refrigerator, Part Two
When I last left you, I had saved my fridge but decimated the freezer. But I made a bet I could save that freezer. And…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Refrigerator Is Trying to Die
One day in 2017, Indy pulled my fridge from its kitchen nook. I was in trouble. Upon discovering my failure to periodically clean behind and…
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Weekend Wanderer: (Not) Planning a Family Vacation
I fly to Scotland in 72 hours. Sealed in a metal tube 30,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Where the Titanic sank. You know how…
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Weekend Wanderer: Springtime Pests, Part Two
The dead mouse was bad enough. But the critter situation is so much worse than one long-dead mouse in the crawl space. You might remember…
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Weekend Wanderer: Cleaning Led to a Terrible Discovery
I made a gruesome discovery last week. It was Friday. The day yawned beautifully before me. Nothing hinted at the evil lurking in the hours…
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Weekend Wanderer: My Family Can’t Get Their Holidays Straight
You might remember Thanksgiving, when my aunt had designs on attending dinner at my brother’s house. A dinner my brother wasn’t hosting as he planned…
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Weekend Wanderer: Becoming an Expert in Selling Real Estate
In the 1950s, Indy bought a property in Maryland. Indy never built anything on the property. While the rest of the neighborhood is dotted with…
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Weekend Wanderer: What Does It Take to Raise a Kid?
If you read this column with any regularity, you may ask yourself how, exactly, one raises an adult fearful of reptiles and swimming over sunken…
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Weekend Wanderer: When Your Teen Leaves the Nest
Spring break has come and gone, and so has my daughter’s childhood. Wow. That’s melodramatic. True, but melodramatic. Let’s start with the driver’s license. She…
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Weekend Wanderer: Panic at the Campground
A few years ago, my husband joined an organization whose mission is public land protection. In short order, he joined the Pennsylvania chapter’s board. He…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Ocean’s Depth to the Mountain’s Peak
Now that I’m two-thirds of the way through the horror of scuba certification, it is time for me to tackle another challenge. Munro bagging. I…
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