When Lillie was small, she stood in front of the Colossal Statue of Tutankhamun at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago. She curled her little hands into fists, just like his, and stayed there for what felt like a long, long time.
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom” - Anais Nin
It’s that time of year again: school’s out for summer!
Landscapes, friendships, moments, memories: these are all parts of what helps to keep us grounded through shifting times.
They are part and parcel of the things musicians draw on to create, too.
Ideally located in the Mediterranean along the Adriatic Sea, Croatia is a genuine travel treasure. Did you know that Croatia has over 1,000 islands? Rivaling Greece for Europe’s prettiest archipelago, the country offers countless photogenic destinations on both the mainland and the islands.
After almost two decades of publishing Wandering Educators, I can usually tell by the second paragraph whether a submission was written by a person or created by a machine.
It is rarely one big thing that stands out to me. It’s a series of smaller things, stacked up and causing unease in my brain: the rhythm, tidy paragraphs, sentences that all land at the same length, like fence posts. There is a complete absence of anything you could point at.
This article has been updated for The Championships, Wimbledon 2026.
Although I am not a huge tennis fan, I was lucky enough to be in London during Wimbledon, which takes place during the end of June to early July.
You may be a teacher who splits the year between two countries. You could be a graduate student whose campus is always changing. Or you may be a parent who moves between homes in different parts of the country. For all of you, arranging a reliable, consistent source of in-person support for any number of health-related issues can be incredibly difficult to schedule.
In-person clinics are located in one location. Your life unfolds in many places. Your calendars rarely cooperate.
This is NOT a 'how to stay on a diet' or 'how to keep losing weight' type of article. If that’s your journey, you do you, but you won’t find any advice on that here. I’ll focus on something much more important, which is how to keep eating healthy when you go back to college.
