If you ask a Brazilian for a Portuguese word that can't be translated into English, he or she will probably think of the word saudade (sao-DAH-gee). Saudade is a feeling of longing for someone or something...
In June, I went with American and Brazilian friends to the small town of Pedro II for a music festival. There were several groups of journalists roaming around doing interviews, which we Americans -...
When I tell Brazilians from São LuÃs to São Paulo that I live in Teresina, their response is unchanging: "It's hot there, isn't it?"
It is.
Even people here accept that heat is Teresina's claim...
My first time almost being assaulted, I was in Rio. I was strolling along Copacabana beach deep in conversation with my friend Nick when a man approached us. He asked if we spoke English. Used to getting...
October 3, 2014 - Comb Ridge, UT
"Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered" -W.H. Auden
Somewhere deep in southeastern Utah, outside the unexpected town of Bluff, rock is holding...
Hello blog readers! I hope you all haven't started to think that I was eaten by a giant gecko (tokek) or chicken (ayam) or duck (bebek) or mosquito (nyamok), because I'm very much alive and well in...
It's been almost a month here in Prague- I apologize for the sporadic updates, but now that we have finished our first week of real class I am finally feeling settled.
Contrary to the plans of most of...
Candy wrappers on laundromat floors
Cactus needles protruding from beneath the strap of my sandal
Pools of rain caught in slick rock
A single sock at the bottom of my sleeping bag
Friendship in contradiction
Dimples...
Sunday, September 21, 2014 - Monroe Mountain, UT
Today could have been miserable. With a GPS, measuring tapes, and cameras in hand, we were sent in groups of three up the steep slopes of Monroe Mountain...
Salamat pagi! Saya sekarang di Jawa! Saya tiba di Jawa di senin dengan teman-teman saya dan guru-guru saya. Saya rindu Ibu dan rumah saya di Bali, tapi saya suka keluarga saya di Jawa juga. Saya punya...
After almost a month in Prague, I finally feel like I have a good handle on the city. Our first day of classes was yesterday- before that we had two weeks of an intensive Czech language course and a week...
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - Camp Creek, Baker County, OR
For the last four days we have been with a wonderful woman named Suzanne Fouty, helping her count and measure aspen trees in several exclosures...
