A Charmed Day in Setúbal Some days are better than others. Some are perfect and some are just shit. Then there’s yesterday. The washing machine suddenly decided to no longer function, so all the laundry had to be handwashed. All…
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A Charmed Day in Setúbal
Tagged with: Ala dos Namorados, charm, dogs, friends, history, home, jazz, journal, music, neighbors, portugal, serendipity, setúbal, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, writing
Bite Me 19 Apr, ’18
A couple months ago, I was coming back to the apartment from an errand. My route takes me through a pass-through tunnel on the first floor of our building, threading my way among the tables of an outdoor café. At…
I LIKE BIKE
Tagged with: bicycles, bikes, Colorado, electric bikes, folding bikes, journal, learning, leisure, portugal, setúbal, tourists, travel
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip
Dia de Peru (Turkey Day): 10 Dec ’17
The holiday season hath descended upon us. It’s time for my favorite Christmas decoration of all time – the hanging Santas. Everywhere we turn effigies of Santa have been hung from balconies by the neck, hands tied behind backs, in…
Tagged with: Cascais, expats, journal, kindness, leisure, new friends, portugal, Thanksgiving, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad
Oporto Me Oh My Oh: 10 Outobro ’17
There were hordes of people in Oporto. I mean hordes. Germans and Brits and French and Spanish and at least one Estonian, we know because she told us so in very good English; and I’m sure there were other nationalities…
Tagged with: Douro River, history, journal, leisure, photography, Porto, portugal, road trip, snapshots, tourists, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip, Uncategorized, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip, Uncategorized, writing
Skin Game
SKIN GAME The skin separates from the onion After losing moisture And drying out It breaks free, becoming papery thins That scamper out the openings Of their wire basket home Floating weightlessly to the floor When the breeze breezes…
Dog Days And Dog Poets: 31 Agosto ’17
Portugal recently celebrated the feast day for Saint Roche, the patron saint of dogs, which is one theory why this time of summer is called the dog days. It’s certainly the slow time in Portugal. Everything shuts down in August. Our language school, swimming…
Tagged with: beaches, dogs, forest fires, journal, poetry, portugal, writing
Posted in Living abroad, Uncategorized, writing
Posted in Living abroad, Uncategorized, writing
Chance Encounter
Last month, when my sister visited, we took a personal tour of the Arrábida natural park with Nuno Duarte. He is very professional and also has a big heart. This is his story of an encounter with an abandoned baby…
Tagged with: Arrábida, compassion, journal, kindness, Lapa da Santa Margarida, nature, photography, poetry, portugal, setúbal, snapshots, writing
Posted in Living abroad, writing
Posted in Living abroad, writing
progress
From our balcony, we view a lovely pastoral scene of a stone farmhouse, occasional grazing sheep and a stone wall next to a stream. This area is designated for an extensive renovation into a city park containing two lakes. So,…
FAME: 4 June ’17
Oh, the burdens of celebrityhoodednessdom. Barbara and I have come to discover this in the months we’ve been in Portugal. The constant attention, lack of privacy, need for the police to block off streets when we walk down them —…
Tagged with: americans, expat, fame, insight, journal, portugal, retirement, setúbal, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, writing
Barbarams
Wayne
