Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 24 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday, and another denial from Google to allow the site ‘the long gringo’ to be monetised. I think it is now the 3rd or 4th denial, but every time, after we find something else that needs to be done, something else is missing. Every day, we […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast It is the middle of the week, the middle of the month and the middle of the year, and I feel I am at a turning point in my life. Obviously, I know what has passed, where I am, but more importantly, where and what I want in […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast Half the month has passed, and I have already been in Rio for more than a month. I arrived on the 7th of June, Yasmin’s birthday, and it is already past the middle of July. Time literally flies. Sometimes we think it is slow, but really it is […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 22 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast At the moment, I am loving Mondays for a few reasons. Principally, because I do not have an early class, I have the first part of the morning to myself to exercise without rushing, usually a walk, skipping, TRX straps and elastic, besides the usual aerobic exercises. It […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, sunny and with blue skies. It is Sunday, and I always like to say that Sunday morning is reserved solely for me. Nobody knows my name. It is not Dad, Richard, love, etc. Nobody can call me or ask me to do anything. It is my time, and it is good. It […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and overcast. And again, it is Friday. It has been a long week. Yesterday, I received a short message from Julie and answered, but we both know there is no future. She has two of my jumpers and a Panama hat. When I go back to England, I will ask for […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and overcast. It is Thursday, and I’m tired and confused. I am not complaining. I have good health. I am living temporarily in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with perfect weather. I have money in the bank, not a lot, but I have it, and most of […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, sunny and stormy at the end of the day. It has been 2 days since I went no contact with Julie. I feel guilty, but I also think it had to be done. I am not proud of it, but I felt I needed a break, and the constant sense of being […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 24 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. Julie contacted me yesterday, or on Friday. I can’t remember exactly, but it was the first time in almost a month. She asked me to call her. I did, and the conversation was a little cold at first, with both of us a little defensive. As we began […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 24 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. Today has been a delightful day spent at the Rio Yacht Club with my daughter, Yasmin, and friends. Early in the morning, both Yasmin and I got up and went out to exercise. Before going to the park, we stopped by the Portuguese bakers for breakfast. We both […]