Journaled on Saturday, 8th of March 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 30 degrees, hot, sunny and slightly cloudy. It is Saturday, the 8th of March, and it is my mother’s birthday. If you are a regular reader […]
Friday | Laundry, Journaling and Finishing
Journaled on Friday, 17th of October 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, warm, sunny and blue skies. It’s Friday, the end of the week, usually a lighter day for work and classes. Fewer classes mean I […]
Father’s Day | A Note That Mattered Most
Journaled on Sunday, 10th of August 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 21 degrees, cool, slightly sunny but overcast. It’s Sunday, Father’s Day in Brazil. Yasmin and I had arranged to go to Jessica’s for breakfast with her […]
Sixty in Rio | Family, Forgiveness and Small Surprises
Journaled on Thursday, 23rd of April 2026 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. It’s the day after my 60th birthday. I didn’t celebrate with anyone, but I had a long, meaningful conversation […]
The Break | And What It Taught Me
Journaled on Sunday, 5th of January 2026 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. Today is the first Monday of the new year, so it’s the first working day and, unofficially, the start […]
Diving In, Not Wading | A Winter Swim in Rio
It’s Sunday, and this morning was my second day running of working out in the park next to my condominium. Journaled on Sunday, 19th of July 2026 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 30 degrees, hot, sunny and blue […]
Almost 60 and Starting ‘Teahogui’
Journaled on Thursday, 8th of August 2024 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 32 degrees, very hot, sunny and blue skies. So it’s Thursday, and yesterday I may have had one of the most important meetings of my life. […]
Yasmin’s First Solo Bus Ride in Rio
Journaled on Saturday, 17th of May 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, sunny and blue skies. Yasmin is staying with me, and she had to be up early today for an extra class to prepare […]
A Rio Farewell | Julie’s Last Day in Brazil
Journaled on Sunday, 19th of January 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 31 degrees, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. It’s Sunday, the day before Julie leaves for England. Her flight is late tomorrow evening, so we’ll probably head […]
Vote-Feed | Reckoning with 35 Years in Brazil
Journaled on Thursday, 21st of November 2024 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, overcast, and rainy. Today, everything is officially back to normal. After the G20 summit and yesterday’s bank holiday, Black Awareness Day, the workweek […]