by Meg Frost No one believed Fred when he proposed the idea of our ragtag public school team going to the Women’s Henley regatta in England. Standing on the dirt floor of our “erg barn,” a...Read More
by Naomi Fina In the years before my grandfather, Jiichan, passed away, he taught me two things. First, he taught me to love the water; the careful ebbs and flows of ocean tides, the creatures t...Read More
by Claire Holmes The first two weeks of my study abroad were filled with conversations about where we wanted to travel on the weekends. I had planned to make the most of London throughout the we...Read More
by Anya Sytenkova For the first seventeen years of my life, I had the same answer to the classic ‘What did you do over the summer?’ question that makes its appearance during every back-to-sc...Read More
“The Holy City” Willie Powers Gene received a phone call just as we were about to fall asleep. He picked it up, spoke, hung up. He turned to me. “Haval says that we need to bring two pai...Read More
“Terra Firma” Halle Beshouri The AC is on full blast, but I’ve already sweat straight through my t-shirt. Peeling my bare thighs off the leather seat, I lean tentatively towards the wind...Read More
“Flipped Expectations” Cora Showers As I lift my goggles to wipe the foggy lenses, I spot one of the pool workers shuffling towards me. His squeaking flip-flops echo throughout the pool as...Read More
“Red Ferrari” Caroline Hull On the morning of our Florence excursion, we left the ship and boarded a bus with about 45 other cruise guests headed into the city. The raised steps of the bus...Read More
“Postcard Home” Lynn Barbera We’ve spent four weeks in Utrecht, four weeks in Berlin, and three weeks in Prague. A weekend in Oloumouc, and four days in Copenhagen. One night in A...Read More
“My Chico Tree” Edylwise Romero One of my earliest childhood memories is of curling up by the large roots of the chico tree in front of our house in the Philippines. My mom told me I first...Read More
