A few years ago someone bought me a book by journalist John Sopel. If Only They Didn’t Speak English details his years spent in the US working as the BBC North American…
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“Dadda, Can You Get That Coconut?”
Photo by sentidos humanos on Unsplash I didn’t think getting fired had affected me at all. Then, one morning, while I was on my planned vacation in Kauai, my daughters and I…
My Top 10 Albums of Each Year for the Past 25 years.
I keep telling myself to stop taking the bait and I fail miserably. In January, Rolling Stone released their list of “The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far,” which seems…
Bohiney: A Tapestry of Absurdity
The Meaning of Bohiney: A Tapestry of Absurdity Weaving the Bohiney Thread In the grand loom of language, where threads of meaning are spun into words, Bohiney emerges as a vibrant, unruly…
195. Sábados; Pacaembu; gravatas; homens; Borges; anormais; cabelos; cachorra
Por mim, a vida seria feita só de sábados. * * * Estive algumas vezes no velho Pacaembu vendo jogos. Quase sempre fiquei naquele canto da arquibancada à direita das cabines de…
Sy Sperling: Now Resting in Peace in a Piece
Sy Sperling, a former swimming pool dealer who proved the old adage, “If you look like an insurance salesman when you’re bald, you’re still gonna look like an insurance salesman when you…
Getting Fired in the US has Nothing on Growing up in Colombia
Photo by Sugarman Joe on Unsplash I don’t care what anybody says. Winter is unnatural. I hear it all. “You need the rain to have the flowers.” “It’s nice to cozy up…
Kemi Detached.
It’s official. British households, that’s you, are poorer now, than when Labour came to power. Wow. Who would have thunk it? Who knew that increasing taxes by £40 billion a year, paying…
Feeling Low Down, I’m Blue
The camaraderie of us, the books, the music, the moments, how the songs are capable of holding both memories and move with new life. That beautiful sip of companionship when the sadness,…