Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, warm, sunny and with a blue sky. Today I had a pleasant surprise. Jim, the Scottish owner of the more sophisticated cafe in Wordsley, sent me a message. He is Julie’s boss, and over the months I was there, we began to build a kind of friendship. I like him, the cafe is […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 30 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. Just a simple light exercise in the morning at the park. On the way back, I stopped by the Portuguese bakers and, while having two coffees, I wrote two journal entries. A good start to a Sunday. Nalva is working today, so it is […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 14 degrees, cold, overcast and with showers. It’s the second day of the bank holiday in Brazil for Corpus Christi, and we still have the weekend ahead of us. Yesterday, we visited Clint Hills and took a trip down memory lane. We also washed Austin in the automated self-service dog bath, which was a blast! Today, Julie […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly cloudy. It’s the day after I made the big decision to go back, to return to Brazil. Yesterday, I bought a KLM flight ticket, and if everything goes smoothly, I should be back for Yasmin’s birthday. I will fly on the morning of 6th June, transfer in Schiphol, Amsterdam, and in […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly cloudy. One of the habits I have grown to love and appreciate here in England is going to a café or coffee shop to work. I had journaled at the Portuguese bakery in Flamengo, Rio, several times and enjoyed it, but not as much as here in England. There are two […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 16 degrees, warm, sunny, overcast and with some showers. Yesterday was a bank holiday in Brazil, so I couldn’t work or officially give classes. I posted a blog and made an entry in my journal. However, I couldn’t teach any classes, except for Marcelo at 10:00 p.m., and I also experienced some stress with my mother over […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 10 degrees, cold, grey and overcast. It’s Thursday after my birthday, and I’m still feeling its effects, especially since it fell on a Monday and Tuesday was a bank holiday. The whole week and my routine have been disrupted. Once you break a routine, it’s very hard to get back to the same pace or rhythm […]