After leaving the favela on Sunday afternoon I wanted to immediately sit down and start writing. So much was going through my head and my heart that I wanted to record it so I wouldn’t forget the emotions. But I didn’t. Instead, I went for a walk on the beach with my wife at sunset, […]
Drought vs Flood
Funny how things that were once thought of as being good can become bad. Drought in the northeast of Brazil is a cruel way of life. The thought of rain has the attraction of a love making session for newly weds. Currently, the same region is experiencing uncharacteristic torrential rain that is causing millions of […]
Hellhole part IV: Why so mad?
Satan rules. And we aren’t doing squat about it. That is what made me so mad. I am allowing the Prince of Darkness to rule. I have the power to challenge and change his domination, but I’m content to go about my daily affairs as though his kingdom doesn’t exist. I do nice things in […]
The charming side
Someone remarked the other day that many of my recent posts seemed sinister and melancholic. I didn’t mean them to be! I’ve been in the mode of a reporter over the last three weeks, describing what I was seeing while in the interior of northeastern Brazil. In many ways, life there is a black and […]
Hellhole part III: To Hell with it
The friend I’d gone to see almost seemed overjoyed to see me. He was definitely surprised! This is a tough character, not easily intimidated nor frightened. In his six months in the favela he’d already been robbed, mugged, had his home invaded. As I stood in his little shop, he keep furtively looking side to […]