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Chronicles of the life of an expat New Englander living in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil as he raises children and makes street art on Sundays
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Get Out of Bahia
Today I was working on a drawing that I've been doing over the last few weeks, in short sessions- it's on a utility box that controls a whole bunch of phone lines in the Largo. Suddenly someone said "Hey Mark."Not something I hear very often, especi...
Building, Brazilian Style
I found myself this evening with a power tool in one hand and a hose in the other. I thought to myself that something was very wrong with this picture and I checked to make sure the extension cord wasn't immersed in a puddle...But when the objective...
Just Another Thursday
Here it is, Thursday, end of November, and I keep having to remind myself that somewhere else in the world it's a big holiday.It's kinda funny actually, because the first Thanksgiving that I missed out on was because of a Capoeira workshop I went to ...
Nzinga Meets Lula
Looks like I quit training Capoeira a year too early- I found out today that my old group, Grupo Nzinga de Capoeira Angola, is going to be doing a demo tomorrow for the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Wow!Grupo Nzinga is not a large...
My Civic Duty
I'm going to try to rewrite/finish a post I started a couple weeks ago. Although I find it easy to write stories about things that happen to me, It's more difficult for me to write stuff that touches on controversial issues- I write something, I'm n...
Monday is a Pleasant Painting Day
Yesterday was a holiday here in Brazil- Dia de Finados, or Day of the Dead. It doesn't bear any resemblance to the Mexican Day of the Dead, but then again, not much of Brazilian culture resembles Mexican culture in any way. I had the day to myself,...
Fantastic blog.................i like it.. .... keep it up
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