Wide Eyes, Wider World

(This entry is the second in an occasional series on fun/interesting discoveries I've made while blundering my way through Castilian Sp...

I'm currently in the course of moving out of my apartment (a process which for me is usually accompanied by a period in which my room a...

One of the most well-loved stories of me as a baby finds me in the kitchen with my mother. She is at the counter fixing me some kind of sof...

While I've focused generally on cultural adventures in this blog, the truth is that language is culture. There's a great deal to be...

Learning a new language is a unique thrill. For me there's nothing quite like putting together a chaotic bundle of new sounds, ambiguous...

I was running late for school when I first heard that phrase. In my regular life I often run late, anyway. But throw in the profound inconsi...