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What am I Doing Here?

Chronicles of the life of an expat New Englander living in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil as he raises children and makes street art on Sundays

Easter Egg Hunt- Bahia Style

Posted on Monday March 24th, 2008 at 09:03 in egg, easter, hunt, extra, amherst, lojas americanas

Easter is a big deal here in Brazil, but they don't do Easter the way I grew up with Easter back home. No baskets, no painting of eggs, no Easter egg hunts. I asked my mom, who's coming down this weekend for her fourth visit to Brazil, to bring one...
Silence, a First

Posted on Saturday March 22nd, 2008 at 11:18 in silence, easter, good friday, noise, bryan adams, brazilians

Last night I experienced a first for me here in Brazil, certainly here in Salvador.When I went to bedI heardabsolutelynothing.Well, not nothing- what I heard is that sound I hear in the absence of all other sounds that mask it- the tiny roar of what ...