Damn Amanda.
Life’s about saying yes, then figuring out how.
Fifty countries, a wheelchair, one backpack, and an unreasonable curiosity about what might be around the next corner. There will be history, strangers who become stories, some wonderfully questionable decisions, and absolutely no promises of perfection.
Come for the adventure. Stay for the story.
I don’t collect perfect itineraries. I collect experiences, people, places with histories worth digging into, and practical ways to make a world that doesn’t always cooperate work anyway.
From the road: Dublin
Cobblestones. Coffee. The curious questions people ask a woman traveling solo with a wheelchair. And one enormous victory that happened before I even reached the city: my chair flew in the cabin with me.
Read A Little Uncomfortable Never Hurt Anyone →
From the road: Vienna
One coffee mission, 11.2 kilometers of wandering, and a reminder that moving through the world isn’t nearly as interesting as noticing it.
Pick Your Rabbit Hole
- The Wanderings — solo travel, destinations, history, people, and delightful detours.
- Life on Wheels — the actual logistics and lived experience of making access work.
- Odds & Ends — humor, everyday life, and whatever else follows me home.
Prefer the pictures? Wander through The Photo Journal: wild places, unexpected company, actual stone rabbit holes, and the occasional spectacularly questionable decision.
Good stories. Better questions. Questionable decisions. Absolutely no beige.
The Damn Amanda editorial philosophy
Not the whole story. Just the beginning.
Before there was Damn Amanda, there was Dot. Here we are reading a letter she wrote during her travels in Mexico. Some stories are worth telling twice. Others inspire a lifetime of new ones.
My grandmother Dot believed in seeing the world and bringing back stories. I’m still taking notes. Here’s how the wandering started.
Real life isn’t always easy, pretty, or remotely according to plan. But it’s worth showing up for. Welcome aboard.
