Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 13 degrees warm for England, overcast, grey and trying to rain. It’s Christmas Eve, and usually, I’m in Brazil, where it’s hot. However, this Christmas, after more than 20 years, I’m in England, and it’s cold. I won’t be celebrating on the 24th with my family in Brazil, but on the 25th with my mother, because I’m […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 10 degrees, cold, overcast and drizzly. We are running up to Christmas night in Brazil and Christmas Day in England in terms of respective importance. It is cold, not as cold as when I arrived in November, but it is cold for an adopted carioca. For me, it’s amusing how there is so much hype leading up […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 10 degrees, cold, overcast and drizzly. Three days before Christmas Day and two days before Christmas Eve in Brazil, everything is in order. I was up early and worked out downstairs in the living room. I got a tea and prepared myself to go out for a walk, then headed down to the canal to feed the […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 13 degrees, warmish and very windy. Today was a quiet day. I woke up early, followed by a hard workout in the living room. I had just two classes during the day, and the rest of the time was spent feeding the ducks and swans, taking a walk and doing little else. I have no more classes […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 8 degrees, cold, rainy and overcast. One more chapter of my visits, journeys, trips, etc, reminiscing on the past. Today I went with my mother to Bewdley, a beautiful rural village about 15 miles from where my mother lives. My mother lives in a very privileged part of England, 20 miles from Birmingham, the second largest city […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 8 degrees, cold, rainy and with flashes of the sun trying to appear. There are five or six days until Christmas, depending on how you look at it. In Brazil, we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve at midnight. In England, we officially celebrate on the 25th with lunch. I have always felt that Christmas in Brazil is […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 10 degrees, cold, grey and rainy. It is one week before Christmas, and I am beginning to wind down. The truth is that classes have been slower than usual since the beginning of December, but now they are even slower, and I am uncertain whether I like it or not. My lazy side likes it, but my […]
It is cold; the day feels like night due to the darkness, and it seems to be trying to rain. Although it is not raining yet, it is attempting to. I was going to walk along the cut- the canal until I reached a place where I used to work for a man when I was 10 or 11 years […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 9 degrees, a little cold, overcast and sunny at the same time. It is Saturday, and it is a little cold in England and very cold if it were for Rio. I woke up a little late today, and I’m feeling a little lazy again. I want to go and feed the ducks and swans along the […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 3 degrees, very cold, overcast, and almost rainy. When I decided to come to England to spend time with my mother, I never saw it as a holiday. It was more of a necessity to resolve family problems and see if my mother was OK. My perspective on this visit has changed; it is now more of […]