Introducing…The Wonderist!
Introducing…drumroll…dove release…my blog, The Wonderist! (Cue me shooting out of a cannon in some sort of patriotic leotard.)
I have spent the last year dreaming about writing a blog and thinking about how to make it interesting. After a short-lived foray into blogging last year, I realized the only person who would want to read what I was writing was my mother (love you, Mom!). So I took some time to really get to the heart of “what is the what” – what do I have to say that would help people feel connected to each other? After all, isn’t that why writers write and readers read?
The name came first. “The Wonderist” feels – to me, anyway – like the written-word equivalent of jazz hands. I hope that it captures the enthusiasm I feel about life and hope that my blog can do the same.
They say that men think about sex every 10 seconds (okay, I made that up – you can look forward to more made-up facts when you read my blog!). But 10 seconds is about how often I “wonder” about something – I wonder if I’ll ever live in France, I wonder if I could make a Cameroon juju hat from scratch, I wonder how many blog posts I could write about polka dots (the answer = a gajillion)?
I think life is pretty magical (I mean the fact that I got out of bed before 8am to write this is astounding), and I hope that my blog connects us all to other like-minded people who think creatively, care about helping others, and want to fall in love with every day like I do. I know that there’s a whole community of “us” out there (I don’t mean to make us sound like aliens, but roll with it), and I truly believe in the power we have to affect change and inspire others with our shared gusto.
To that end, you can look forward to seeing things like:
- Humor Pieces
- Fashion and Lifestyle Features
- Travel Journals
- DIY Projects
- People Profiles
- An Advice Column
- Book, Photography, and Music Reviews
- And more!
This is going to be a spaghetti-on-the-wall experiment. I’m going to try all sorts of things out, and, with your feedback, we’ll figure out what sticks. Deal?
Let’s get started!






love it. can’t wait to wonder more!
You literally inspire me every day!
Totally into this. Love the community aspect… And am a bit of a wonderist myself.
I know you are! Can’t wait to brainstorm on cool things we can do with this site when I see you next month!
I’m in. I already signed up to follow. Good writing, Tanya.
Thank you for always being so supportive!