Wandering the Artist Alley at Grand Rapids Comic Con, we were stunned with the talent everywhere we glanced. Like everyone in the hall, we looked and marveled, and then the next booth came, and we did the same, ad infinitem. When we discovered artist Melissa Cordes, though, we actually stopped (never an easy feat at a busy comic con) and talked. So impressed with her talent, beautiful art, wide variety of styles, and joy in creating, we knew we had to share her art with our wandering educators.
As travelers, we go to many different lands. We cross bridges, we break bread with strangers, we learn languages, and get bombarded by cultural change right and left. There are deliberate choices, those we have no control over. and everything in between. We visit particular places for certain reasons and others because…why not? But, throughout the entire process, there are times that we yearn for home. What is it that ‘home’ really means? When traveling, how do we find home?
“Josh Recommends” for the Week of March 31, 2018 By Josh Garrick
Either at home or on the road, are you are looking to encourage your child to learn new skills, while looking to wrap learning in play? Well, we’ve got the game for you.

Josh Recommends: Florida Culture for the Week of March 24, 2018 By Josh Garrick
Addie Gray is a second-year student studying Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. She runs a travel blog at www.addieabroad.com, where she documents her experiences going to university abroad, shares her travel adventures, and gives advice to others who are hoping to study abroad.
The idea of being in a new city is exciting. You get to learn new things, interact with new people, and see different ways of life. People travel to have new experiences and create great memories. Australia is known to be a multicultural nation, which means that it has people of different nationalities either visiting or living there.
A magnificent blend of vivid concepts, beautiful designs, and intricate execution, pottery has always been a significant part of Indian culture. With experts molding clay and creating utility items, deities of worship, sculptures, or toys, the list of items is long. Across India, there are a number of places popular for their remarkable potter products. If pottery interests you and you wish to learn or explore this activity, then read on and discover the top spots in India where you can gain a new learning experience.
Maybe you have offered a hand to steady someone -- friend or stranger -- on an icy sidewalk.
Perhaps you've been the person who accepted that assistance.
There are surely times when you've confided in a friend, secure in the knowledge that what you talked of would be kept between the two of you. Could be you are the friend who has respected that confidence.
These and many other large and small acts are acts of trust.
Aurora Magic, over Vesterålen, Northern Norway, March 2018. With shutterspeed under 1 sec, to 5 sec, at iso 2500 and aperture at f/2.8.

