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How to Talk Safely about Sex in the Spanish Classroom

Hint: there is no safe way to talk about sex to children. You just sort of have to do it. I just did not realize that would be part of my job when I decided to teach English abroad. When I applied for an English language assistant position in Spain, I …

Living the Life of a Bachelor Stallion

Did you know that wild horses have a hierarchy, kind of like a pack of wolves or a pride of lions? Since horses are a traditionally domesticated species, it never crossed my mind to consider how their wild counterparts might behave. You see horses on farms or on ranches in …

Only in New York: A Tale of a Lost Iphone and a Good Samaritan

Warning: Long post ahead. Grab some popcorn and tea and take a seat. Roughly 8 million souls call New York City home, weaving in and out of each other’s way and jostling for non-existent personal space among the multitude of humans populating the five boroughs. On the surface, this image …

Introducing Cloud the Stallion, the World’s Most Famous Wild Horse

For those of you who are not familiar with the herd of wild mustangs that call the Pryor Mountains home in Montana, it is reasonable to assume you may have never heard of a wild stallion named Cloud. When I initially discovered Sandy’s blog Wild in the Pryors, I ooh-ed …

Wild Horses in Montana Preview

Two years ago, when I stumbled upon the blog Wild in the Pryors on Freshly Pressed about a wild stallion named Lakota, I was captivated by the author’s emotional account of her connection to an animal she had christened her “spirit horse.” Moreover, Sandy’s pictures of Lakota and the other wild mustangs …

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