Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
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 […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 22 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly overcast. It’s Sunday, and it’s a day I particularly selfishly enjoy for myself. Traditionally, I like to stay alone, especially in the morning, to have some quality time for myself. Or to do some work, housework, or leisure activities—basically to do something I like—an appointment with myself, and today has been […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 11 degrees, cold, grey, overcast and rainy. It is Tuesday, 23rd April, the day after my birthday. Regarding my birthday on the 22nd, there was a Brazilian bank holiday on the 21st—the day before. Tiradentes, a man who attempted to blow up parliament, bears a striking resemblance to Guy Fawkes in England. There is also another […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 8 degrees, cold and chilly, cloudy with bursts of sunshine and trying to rain. I’m up early and exercising in the back living room and outside on the patio. I mentioned to Julie that it would be nice to take an early walk with Austin, her dog, along the canal. She took it literally and called me […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29 °C, hot, sunny, stuffy and slightly overcast. Today was supposed to be a productive day. I aimed to prepare and draft three or four posts for the blog. However, that didn’t happen. I managed to prepare one in the morning, but I either got delayed or distracted for the rest of the day. Nalva thinks […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, hot, sunny and slightly cloudy. Saturday morning, I was feeling tired and lazy, but I had to get up. I was up at 5 am and out in the street by 5.30. It is still dark, and the same people I usually see most mornings are out, either walking their dogs or doing some exercise; […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28 °C, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. An excellent hot, sweaty and stuffy Tuesday. When I started working out about a year and a half ago, I would do seven or eight exercises; now, I’m doing between 12 and 15. The time that I have allotted for working out is almost not enough anymore. This is […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29 °C, hot and sunny. What a pleasant Sunday. I got up, but this Sunday, I did not do exercise at the end of Leme. First, I did 100 push-ups at home before going out. Then, after green tea, YouTube, etc, I prepared myself to go on a walk. The weather forecast was for rain in […]