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Woman, Heavenly Moments
8 de March de 2023
They say the Devil’s greatest invention was the lemon, created in his attempt to copy the orange, God’s newest invention. The latter, as they say, was God’s second best…
XXVIII – The Ferris Wheel
3 de March de 2023
And so my journey continued. I saw a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst and took my medication, but never really believed that any of them would help to cure me. I was…
Carnivalesque Parades Occupy Belo Horizonte
15 de February de 2023
Until the early ’60s, it was one hell of a scene the entire week preluding carnival, with all the caricatos coming in from the nearby villages and town quarters, comprised…
The Saint Sebastian Festival in Pompéu, Memories
21 de January de 2023
Back when I was a young child and adolescent, sometime around 1948 to 1960, the best fun you could get in my old hometown, especially for the poor, were at…
XXVII – The Journey Continues
16 de January de 2023
There I was, still feeling all that aphasia, that detachment from the real world where everything seemed meaningless and shallow. I felt the lack of love. Love, which I projected…
The Epiphany Festival
5 de January de 2023
Folia de Reis (The Epiphany Festival) is a celebration of Portuguese origin closely linked to the Catholic celebration of Christmas, brought to Brazil in the early stages of the formation…
