Wanderlust: Stories from the Road

A few recommendations and suggestions for ways to learn Spanish from anywhere in the world. I hope this inspires you to try again!  

Immersive Language courses are available all across the globe, locally and internationally. Try your community college and look online for private schools. Ask on community FB pages too for others’ suggestions.

Lingoda.com for Zoom based conversational classes, flexible schedules, decent prices.

Duolingo - pros and cons of using this app. 

Word search apps. I use Palabras on an iphone.

Podcasts such as Learn Spanish and Go with May and Jim.

Thanks again: Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

You can listen to this podcast on any of your favorite hosting websites as well as the one I use: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com

Please consider helping me out and become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/

Talking about what to bring across the border, on dealing with stray dogs and your own leashed ones, finding vets, when we've lost dogs and more. 

- Lost a pet blog https://dirtroadsanddogs.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/lost-and-found-what-to-do-when-you-lose-your-dog/

- Health and dogs travel, Taking Harold and Billie to Baja the first time: https://sarahleamy.com/2022/09/29/baja-van-life-3/

- More from my notes on Baja and dogs: https://sarahleamy.com/?s=baja

And in Mulege, the winter Vet clinic: PAW https://pawclinic.wordpress.com

Find out more at www.sarahleamy.com Thank you. 

This is the first of a short series on traveling with dogs and even adopting one here in Baja California Sur, Mexico. I'll come back in the next episode with the legalities and a few resources for you. So listen in to meet Teddy, my new rescue pup and the organization that saved him from the local dump. 

Find out more about the Mulegé Animal Rescue at https://mulegeanimalrescue.com.mx/home

Music by Sofia Avery. Thanks, friend! 

www.sarahleamy.com for more about my travels and writing. Thanks.  

Today, I’m recording this from the San Juan Mountains in Southern Colorado in July 2023.

You’ll hear more anecdotes from life as a camphost, some recommendations for gear and an event here in Pagosa Springs, as well as an excerpt from my latest book, STAY (Madville Publishing, 2023). Enjoy!

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

Shop here for STAY by Sarah Leamy

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

You can listen to this podcast on any of your favorite hosting websites as well as the one I use: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com

Please consider helping me out and become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/

Recommendations: The Omni Oven.

Events: The Folk Festival, Labor day weekend, in Pagosa Springs. There’s a FB page: https://www.facebook.com/fourcornersfolkfestival/

(P.S. It’s a little confusing but this is a new season yet I’m keeping the numbers going for the episodes. I’m calling it Season Two as the new focus in on my own personal travels, the places and people I meet, life on the road as well as offering excerpts from short story collections and published books of mine, stuff you won’t hear elsewhere.)

Have you ever thought about how to become a campground host? Or what's really involved? I'll tell you about how I got the job, what I do, and other anecdotes from life here in Colorado. 

You'll also hear another short story of mine...as yet unpublished. This and the others come from a collection of shorts that I'm sending out to presses looking for a home out in the world. 

www.sarahleamy.com for more information. 

Today, you'll hear about working as a camphost in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado as well as a short story set in the area. Enjoy! 

I have written a cartoon book of my experiences and you can find a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Camphost-Diaries-Sarah-Leamy/dp/B0DFTRQJPP

I have some rather interesting news: I am passing along the website into the good hands of Rachel Schinderman. Wanderlust Journal, the online resource for many of us to publish our travel stories will be under her care from this summer of 2023 as I focus my attention more on my own writing and travels. I also talk about Colorado where I’ll be the next four months which will be explored more on the podcast, sharing trails, events, kayaking, hiking and more suggestions. I read from Dan Koeppel’s book “To see every bird on earth” as I’ve hit that age when feathered flying things make me look up saying, oh pretty…

I also read a VERY short piece from Stay, by me, Sarah Leamy, (Madville Publishing, 2023) which is coming out this month and is an unusual travel memoir, a mix of personal anecdotes, fears, cartoons, links to music, and photos.

Thanks again,

Sleam

And

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

The Podcast hosting website: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com

To become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/

Thanks for listening!

How have I gone this long without an episode on travels with dogs? Ridiculous! So, today you’ll hear a variety of voices with a focus on traveling with dogs. I’ll come back to cats another time, with stories from Stevie, my little feral bugger who explored national forests across the American West. 

We’ll start with Lavanya Sunkara:

https://nature-traveler.com/2014/05/28/kissing-horses-and-hiking-mountains-with-my-dog-in-new-hampshire/

Travels with Charley by Steinbeck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travels_with_Charley

Dirt Roads and Dogs: In Colorado, https://sarahleamy.com/2015/12/04/boggy-draw-and-the-dispersed-camping-near-mcphee-co/

With more advice and places that I found to be dog-friendly, have a look at https://sarahleamy.com/?s=dirt+roads+and+dogs

And thanks again: 

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

https://www.amazon.com/Camphost-Diaries-Sarah-Leamy/dp/B0DFTRQJPP

Thanks for listening!

Today you’ll hear from Anthony Bourdain, Meg Freer, Takera and her article on James Heming, and how food has a lingering affect on cultures and memories.

Anthony Bourdain, The Nasty Bits: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nasty-bits-anthony-bourdain/1100623147

Meg Freer, Russian Tea: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2019/08/27/russian-tea-by-meg-freer/

Takera: https://flightsandfoods.com/about-me/

And

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com

The Podcast hosting website: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com

To become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/

Thanks for listening!

S1E13- Hiking Tales

Today you’ll hear from New Zealand, Iceland, Colorado and Nepal, a variety of style of writing and the way they focus their stories on a specific theme.

Upcoming this summer, the following two books will be available through Wild Dog Press.

Sam Brakeley, “Tramping Te Araroa.  A Journey Through New Zealand with Captain Cook”

Anne Marie Wells, “Happiness in Iceland”.

We also hear an excerpt from Sarah Leamy, “Bring a Chainsaw”.

and Steve Gardiner, “A Moment of Truth in the Andes”

As always,

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com

The Podcast hosting website: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com

To become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/