Thursday, the 9th of May 2024: “Appreciating the Morning and Its Simple Joys”!!!

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 23 degrees, hot, sunny and with blue skies.  It is Thursday, and I start to feel tired as the day progresses. Later, the accumulation of classes, work, etc., begins to take its toll; however, knowing that tomorrow is Friday helps a lot. Usual early morning exercise and a bit of skipping; it’s a lovely day for England […]

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Wednesday, the 8th of May 2024: “Resilience and Struggle In Contemporary Brazil”!!!

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 22 degrees, hot, sunny and with blue skies.  My usual early morning routine includes exercise, writing a blog post, and journaling, then I begin classes at 11 a.m., with additional classes today until only 5:00 p.m. It’s an easy day for me, which is both good and bad. Good because I can finish early and do other […]

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Tuesday, the 7th of May 2024: “Embracing: Routine, Reflection and growth”!!!

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast.  Today is the day after yesterday’s bank holiday, Labour Day. In England, it was moved to yesterday because the 1st of May, which was last Wednesday, disrupts the entire week. When there is a bank holiday in the middle of the week in England, it is transferred to the following […]

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Sunday, the 5th of May 2024: “Family Dynamics”!!!

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast.  It’s Sunday, and traditionally in England it’s the day for a family lunch —the usual Sunday lunch. I feel that my mother is trying to compete with Julie for attention, control, and perhaps even to sabotage my relationship. It has become clear that every Sunday she pretty much decides what […]

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Thursday, the 2nd of May 2024: “Embracing Work, Health and Personal Growth”!!!

Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 16 degrees, warm, sunny, overcast and with some showers.  Yesterday was a bank holiday in Brazil, so I couldn’t work or officially give classes. I posted a blog and made an entry in my journal. However, I couldn’t teach any classes, except for Marcelo at 10:00 p.m., and I also experienced some stress with my mother over […]

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