The Hand Puppet Theatre

The Hand Puppet Theatre

That’s how I feel in some conversations. Let me explain a bit. I worked for a while at the Peace Corps, an American government organization that supported developing countries in sectors like education, small and medium-sized businesses, and NGOs.When we first...
Mud Crackers and Social Media

Mud Crackers and Social Media

For those who didn’t grow up in a neighborhood of houses on the edge of Bucharest, mud crackers were pieces of dirt mixed with water; we used to make them in the fall, late, when it was nasty outside, we didn’t have much to play elastic or football with,...
About (In)decency

About (In)decency

I was in traffic the other day when, at the traffic lights, I heard prolonged honking. A guy gets out of a van and walks up to the driver in front of him and starts swearing with all the dirty expressions and words he had learned. It was all around this person’s...
A Little Humility

A Little Humility

‘Most people who come here to ride end up telling me what I should do with this farm, how I should rethink it. They don’t know anything about horses or what it means to run a farm but they tell me what to do.’ A colleague of mine told me about the...