Brazil, Life and Perserverence!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 1 degree, very cold, sunny and with a beautiful, clear blue sky. Today, I have to run errands for my mother in the street, in addition to teaching classes, blogging, and journaling. My mother receives her pension, I think every Monday or Tuesday, every week, in one account and pays her bills every Wednesday in another bank […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 1 degree, cold, snowy, but the sun is shining with a beautiful, clear blue sky. It’s Monday, the start of the week. I’ve lost count of how many weeks I’ve been in England, probably about seven or eight. I woke up to a beautiful, bitterly cold day with a thin layer of snow on the ground from […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 5 degrees, sunny, overcast and rainy-everything imaginable and always cold. A Sunday full of surprises! Yesterday, I arranged with the head nurse at the hospital that before my mother is sent home by ambulance, someone would call me to inform me and to help me prepare for her arrival. It is midday and I haven’t received any […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 3 degrees, cold and dull. After having a very fruitful meeting with Carl last night, although it cleared up some questions and doubts, it also raised other questions that I had not previously considered. Many questions had already been considered before meeting Carl, while others had not. But after having a fascinating and enlightening talk with him, […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 4 degrees, cold, wet, damp and grey. It’s the end of the week, and I don’t have any classes today. Some pupils are still travelling, while others are not yet ready to return to their regular 100% schedule, and unfortunately, that includes English classes. Some will only be back to full steam after Carnival, which is a […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 1 degree, cold and overcast. Today has been a good day. Although it is bitterly cold and damp, it has turned out to be very good for many reasons. I dispatched my mother by taxi to the hospital at 7:00 a.m. She will undergo a knee surgery., The doctor said her knee was utterly shattered and would […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 3 degrees, cold and cloudy with rain on the way. It is very cold, rainy and damp. This kind of weather I don’t remember from my childhood, which seems normal nowadays in England. I also believe the weather plays a significant role in shaping how we behave and live our lives on a day-to-day basis. In Rio, […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 3 degrees, very cold, but with a clear blue sky. So, how do you spend a cold, wet Sunday in January in the West Midlands? With a load of old pensioners at a community centre for lunch, and very pleasant it was too! There appear to be numerous private community centres scattered throughout the region where my […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 3 degrees, windy, sunny and cold. This morning, I’m writing my journal entry in the café/coffee shop as if I were doing the same at the Portuguese bakers in Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro. It is where I did and now do 99.9% of my journal writing, away from the house and in a different, pleasant place. […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 4 degrees, cold, sunny, but the weather is trying to change. Typically, the first week of the year is short with few classes, and depending on when January 2nd falls, it is even shorter. Today is a day of basic routine, trying to get up early, which has been a battle while in England. Then, I […]