Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, cool, grey and overcast. It is Sunday again, and tomorrow is my brother’s birthday. He did not send me a…
A Day of Wake | Remembrance of the Past
Life, Change, Mending | Moving On
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm and sunny. Nalva is travelling; it is just Yasmin, Perola, and me at home. The flat is noticeably quieter,…
Discipline | The Key to Success and Fulfilment in Today’s Society
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. Monday is the beginning of the working week, the new month, and the year’s second…
A Day in Copacabana | A Tale of New Glasses and Unexpected Expenses
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny and slightly overcast. Today is the day that I will pick up my new glasses. For some reason,…
Federal Police Documents | The Power of Walking
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, hottish, sunny and with a bright sky. My intention for this Saturday is to do a heavy exercise routine even…
Personal Financial Relief | Brazil’s Social Inequality
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, hottish and sunny. It is Friday, the end of the working week for most and almost the end of the…
Dona Vera’s Optician in Copacabana
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, hottish and sunny. Thursday, and I am still with a cold, and it seems to have stuck. Even so, up…
The Hidden Treasures of Rio’s Neighbourhoods
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, cool and overcast. It is Sunday, a day that I normally reserve a part of to myself, if I were…
Carioca Life in Rio | Weather, Culture, and Personal Growth”!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25 °C, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. Rio is experiencing a relatively warm Autumn, with temperatures averaging 22 and 26 degrees…
Reflections on Time and Ageing | A Tale of Two Old Pupils
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25 °C, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. It is Tuesday, and my first class back with an old pupil. Dona Vera,…