{"name":"The Wandering Pen: Writers, Historians, and Everyday Stories","short_name":"The Wandering Pen: Writers, Historians, and Everyday Stories","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"<p>Conversations with <strong>writers and authors</strong>, historians, and everyday voices about history, craft, resilience, and place</p>\n<p>The Wandering Pen is an eclectic podcast about history, writing, resilience, and the places and stories that matter. Each week, Christine Musser speaks with <strong>writers and authors</strong>, historians, and everyday voices who share journeys of creativity, struggle, and discovery. Together, we explore how books, personal stories, and history shape the way we understand our world—and ourselves.</p>\n<p>Episode examples: </p>\n<p><a href=\"https://wanderingpen.podbean.com/e/between-verses-and-translations-nancy-jean-ross-on-crafting-literary-bridges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Between Verses and Translations: Nancy Jean Ross on Crafting Literary Bridges</strong></a></p>\n<p>Writer and translator Nancy Jean Ross shares how poems cross borders—and what gets lost or found along the way. A practical talk on voice, revision, and choosing what to keep.</p>\n<p><strong>Description: </strong><br />Nancy Jean Ross—<strong>writer, translator, and editor</strong>—walks through her approach to translation as creative writing: reading for music, carrying tone across languages, and shaping drafts for clarity without flattening meaning. We talk daily practice, revision tools, and how translators become co-authors in the best sense.</p>\n<p><strong>Suggested chapter markers:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>00:00 Why translation is writing</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>08:40 Finding voice across languages</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>20:10 Revision tools &amp; workflow</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p><a href=\"https://wanderingpen.podbean.com/e/the-people-s-farmstead-a-piece-of-pennsylvania-s-past-worth-saving/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Peebles' Homestead: A Piece of Pennsylvania’s Past Worth Saving</strong></a></p>\n<p>A Pennsylvania homestead with stories in every beam. Why places like this matter—and how ordinary people can help save them.</p>\n<p><strong>Description:</strong><br />We explore the <strong>history and preservation</strong> of the Peebles’ Homestead—architectural details, family records, and the community ties that make a site worth protecting. Practical steps for partnering with local historians, documenting a property, and telling a place’s story so others care, too.</p>\n<p><strong>Suggested chapter markers:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>00:00 The Peebles story &amp; timeline</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>10:15 What “worth saving” really means</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>22:30 How to start a preservation effort</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p><a href=\"https://wanderingpen.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-maryanna_gabriel_podcast_completed_7120257gpel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Walking It Off: Grief, Faith, and Self on the Camino de Santiago</strong> </a></p>\n<p><br />A pilgrimage for a broken heart. What the Camino teaches about loss, endurance, and coming home to yourself.</p>\n<p><strong>Description:</strong><br />A candid conversation about <strong>grief, resilience, and walking the Camino de Santiago</strong>—from blisters and solitude to small encounters that changed the journey. We talk journaling on the trail, the role of place in healing, and how storytelling turns pain into meaning.</p>\n<p><strong>Suggested chapter markers:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>00:00 Why the Camino, why now</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>12:05 Journaling and memory on the move</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>25:30 What healing looked like afterward</p>\n</li>\n</ul>","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/856344/TWP_Ltr_Logo_1_83urs_300x300.png","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}