Alright Already
Make your choice, adventurous stranger: strike the bell and bide the danger or wonder, till it drives you mad, what would have happened if you had" --the quote is from C.S. Lewis, author of "The Chronicles of Narnia".
A Home At The End of The World
I picked the movie for its title, but it was the story that wedged its way into my heart. A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD is about how loved ones enter and exit our lives not always on schedule. It re-examines the definition of family, of friends, and lovers. And...
Go South Old Man
August 22, 2005 Why have I moved from checking the pulse of Asia to revisiting South America? And why Brazil? Brazil is categorized in investing circles as a developing country. Which means it’s a poor country with lousy infrastructure and unfathomable corruption OR...
Gypsy Soul
I have a soul connection with other expats I meet in the world, an unspoken understanding that I don't have with non-traveling Americans. When I meet another world traveler, it's as if I have come home, found my tribe. It is not uncommon for me to run into someone in...
Back From Being Back In Brazil
September 24, 2005 Back in San Francisco Well y'all, I'm back from Brazil. I guess you've noticed I didn't post anything while I was gone, much to my self-flogging chagrin. I'm resisting the urge to lay out reams of excuses here, so let's just say that the world is...
Desperately Seeking Solutions
Auguest 26, 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I took my Apple to the new highly touted Mac Spa in San Francisco. When I picked it up the night before leaving for Brazil, my Mac G4 had received a new brain called Tiger. I added lots of new and improved memory, and a mic so...
Reality Bites
Posted: August 28, 2005 Ilha Grande, Brazil I'm pecking this out during a quick pitstop on an island called Ilha Grande just off the coast of Brazil, located halfway between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. My son, his girlfriend, and I have been sailing for two days...
Robin in Rio
August 30, 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I was out till late last night with Ryan and Jessica. We attended a huge street party in Lapa. THIS is what I didn't get to do when I was in Rio alone last year. There was olundum drumming and bossa nova and people crowded in the...
Oi. The Only Macs are at MacDonald’s
September 6, 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Oi! (Brazilian Portuguese for hello). I have a computer bloated with stories and photos meant to be passed on from me in South America to you in North America. But there is a language problem. My Mac speaks a different language...
New Digs
September 2, 2005 Rio de Janiero, Brazil I´ve just moved into a castle. No joke! I moved out of a non-descript hotel room in Copacabana, to my own little Rapunzel room high up on a hill in a castle complete with everything but a moat. You can see the Valentin Castle...
