Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Thursday, the 13th of June 2024: “The Weight of Possessions: Finding Balance in a Cluttered Life”!!! Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 29 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. Now that I am back in Brazil and settling into a routine, I know that, having been away for about seven months, both Nalva and Yasmin would have […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. I am still in my first week back in Rio, Brazil, and I’m with mixed feelings. I am happy and content to be back and near Yasmin, Jessica, and Nalva, too, and, in many ways, to feel at home with what has been, more […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 29 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a lovely day. It’s my first workday back in Rio. In England, it was four hours ahead of Brazil when I left, so I had the morning until 11 a.m. free to do what I wanted. Usually, I exercised and journaled in the local café near my […]
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies. After a day and night of celebrations yesterday, I got up as usual early, but with only three hours’ sleep. The girls, Nalva and her sisters, had organised a BBQ for 20 people, but there were only six. I ate a lot of meat, and good meat […]
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. The last couple of days have been hectic, with flight cancellations, long check-in queues, excess baggage fees, little sleep, and the emotional toll of returning to Brazil after seven months in England. It may not seem like a long time, but it feels like it is; it influences […]
Over the Atlantic Ocean, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, Sunny but slightly overcast. After all the confusion of yesterday, with two check-ins, paying extra for luggage twice, and instead of flying with KLM yesterday morning, I’m now flying with Lufthansa from yesterday evening. However, I won’t be flying directly to Rio; I will first pass through […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 17 degrees, cool, but sunny and with blue skies. It’s midweek and the day before I travel back to Brazil. I’m feeling strange, a bit anxious, wary of the unknown, and both happy and sad at the same time. I’ve sensed for some time that living with my mother is toxic, and I need to leave, take […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, cool, overcast with showers. It is Tuesday, two days before I return to Brazil. I do not know what to expect; it has been seven months since I was there. Will everything be the same, or have there been changes? Or have I changed during this time? I also have the Julie factor in the […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 20 degrees, warmish, sunny and a little overcast. It’s Monday, and the start of the week, I will return to Brazil. I thought I wouldn’t feel anxious or uptight, but I do. I was up early and exercising in the back garden. I had the usual chat with Julie this morning, which lasted nearly an hour. It […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 16 degrees, coldish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Saturday, and I am with mixed feelings. I think both Julie and I are with mixed feelings; only time will tell, sort it out, and show what is really right or wrong. My inheritance from my uncle, most of which I transferred into crypto gradually over the last […]