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: I’m in a Gerard Butler Hole
It started innocently enough. One day, late in 2024, I was surfing my streamers for something to watch. I wanted something new,…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Contest with No Winner
My physical therapy orders indicated I had a Colles fracture. So I Googled it. Fracture of the wrist, usually from falling on an outstretched…
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Weekend Wanderer: Do I Exist?
I remember how disturbed I felt reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The eponymous characters felt so untethered. With no real…
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Weekend Wanderer: Is That Where the Antlers Go?
If you’ve been with me for a minute or two, you’ll know my husband is quite outdoorsy. And that I am not. I don’t know how, but it works. …
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Weekend Wanderer: I Watched “A Man on the Inside”
“I need you to watch A Man on the Inside,” my best friend texted me. “I feel like it’s Willie.” Now,…
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m Filthy
We agreed we’d talk about showering with a broken arm. Well, we agreed I’d talk, you’d read. Yes, we did. Let’s just get something — as Aaron Sorkin…
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Weekend Wanderer: Two Christmases
Like most of us, I assume, I sometimes snuck into bed with my parents as a kid, after a nightmare or…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Rules of a Broken Arm
There is so much wisdom to be gained from a broken arm. Refrain from breaking your arm chief among that wisdom. …
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m a Terrible Patient
I was in the doctor’s office, struggling to process the orthopedic surgeon’s declaration. “I need surgery?” I said. “Well, yes,”…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Watched the Jonas Brothers’ Christmas Movie
So there I was, stuck on the sofa for a few days after surgery to repair that broken arm. Which…
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Weekend Wanderer: Complications of Our Dog’s Illness
Humphrey is a bad, bad boy. And I never should have tempted fate with my jabs at the universe. Humphrey…
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Weekend Wanderer: Our Dog Has a Weird Growth
So, I flirted with the universe’s algorithm for disaster last week with full knowledge of two things. One, it’s November.…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Deleted My TBR
Now, I know you often ask yourself, while reading my little column here, how much tragedy can one person experience…
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Weekend Wanderer: Money Is the Root of All … Friendship?
Willie explains to me — often — how she spends her day. See, Willie hates her apartment. The apartment I…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Annual Halloween Story
We have an October tradition in this space. Near Halloween, I tell you an eerie story. You get scared. We…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Took the Keys, Part Two
So, we’re on the phone with the Temple of Doom, who assures us nobody is hurt. “Not too badly,” they…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Took the Keys, Part One
It’s time to tell you why I took Willie’s car keys. Let’s program the DeLorean to take us back a…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Manicure Leads to a Terrible Revelation
No good deed goes unpunished. This is, perhaps, one of the tritest expressions in the English language. But there is…
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