Wand'rly Author: Amanda Bloom

Amanda has written 4 articles and 8 blog posts on Wand'rly since September 2014.

Amanda Bloom is a freelance writer from Connecticut. Peruse her thoughts on diets, Facebook, and Miley Cyrus on her website, amandabloom.com. She's on Instagram: @bloomamanda and Twitter: @amandajbloom.

Amanda Bloom's Writing on Wand'rly

Road Weary

The Northwest Pacific Ocean was freezing, rough, and full of sand. I made it there in mid-October, nine weeks after leaving Connecticut. There were close to 6,000 new miles on my car, and she was running like a champ, save for a belt squealing, especially when it was wet out. After a weekend on the […]

Seeking Sustainability

a young man and woman eating dinner outside on their farm

Terry O’ Neill and Amanda Holley have been farming for years, growing everything from beets to olives to artichokes. This is their story.

Staying Fit on the Road

a man and a woman riding on the back of a boat

Throughout my near three months of travel across the United States, my closest allies in staying well-fed and fit have been a cooler stocked with veggies and a makeshift pantry of spices, oils, and grains, a YMCA membership, YouTube, and unabashedly working out on the side of the road. According to Alexa Nota and Allen Johnson of […]

Road Blues

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Amanda speaks to how she combats depression from the road.

Going It Alone

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Route 35 in Montana made me homesick. I was savoring the passenger seat of a friend’s car as we headed towards Glacier National Park, where the rain would ultimately deter us from camping and send us to the small town of Whitefish 25 miles southwest. Trees shot up out of the expanse as we skirted Flathead […]

The Beers at the End of the Road Less Traveled

Many beer lovers will attest that the cooler seasons are the best time for beer. Come early autumn, darker, heavier, maltier beers have saturated the market, along with seasonal brews crafted with coffee, pumpkin, vanilla, molasses, and the spices you’d find in a good apple pie. To the beer lover, porters, barleywines, and imperial stouts […]

Montana: A Love Story

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Amanda’s thoughts on Big Sky Country…

Free MP3s from and an Interview with Oh, Cassius!

a young man playing an acoustic guitar, many more hanging on a wall behind him, a young woman sits just behind with her head down

Before they were Oh, Cassius!, John Torres and Meredith DiMenna were fellow musicians in the small yet profound music scene in and around Black Rock, Connecticut, a seaside neighborhood tucked between the picturesque suburban town of Fairfield and the art-and-gun-ridden city of Bridgeport. From the mid-2000s on, Torres spearheaded various incarnations of his lush and […]