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  Recently my daughter and I were having a conversation about "furries" as I was getting dressed for work ( we have a lot of random conversations ).  It had been several years since I had a student who actually dressed as an animal and it brought back memories of him sitting in my office crying because other students made fun of him.  In our conversation, my daughter was quick to point out that there are whole communities of people who self identify as animals, elves, vampires, dragons, and so on. As she was talking, it occurred to me that the majority of school counselors are unconsciously unaware of their existence in the school community. I shared with her that this was a great idea for a blog post and she rolled her eyes at me.  Undeterred by her negative reaction, I decided it would be helpful to write about these subcultures that are often hidden in our mainstream culture and schools. Disclaimer: I am not an expert on students who identify as "furries," "

  Some Kind Of Trouble Chapter Twenty-Five “And there’s something else you ought to know…”     It seemed that the gunfight at Lancer remained the talk of Green River – at least that’s what the waitress in the café said. Without revealing who he was, Johnny had heard all about Scott Lancer, who was far more than just a gentleman from Boston. Why, rumour had it he’d actually been the one to kill Pardee! Even though Murdoch’s other son, back from Mexico in the nick of time to help save his father’s ranch, was Johnny Madrid – a gunfighter, better than Day Pardee himself.   Johnny hadn’t bothered correcting her because the story was mostly right. Scott  was  far more than a gentleman from Boston; he had killed Pardee; and yeah, Johnny was the better gunfighter – in more ways than one. The only thing wrong in the story was the part where Johnny arrived to help save his father and the ranch – because he hadn’t come here with that intention at all. He was kinda ashamed of that. For all his sma