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Postcards From 2020: Dreaming of Portugal

December 31, 2020 brokenazulejos1971 Leave a comment

Having a full bank of memories kept us from going insane during 2020–that and having a beautiful space in which…

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Harvest vs. Vindima

November 29, 2020 brokenazulejos1971 Leave a comment

All around us: corn fields, the stalks dried out from the August sun. In between bouts of rain, the farmers…

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Filed under: abobora, corn, gardens, hortas, okra, Random Garden, squash, Vivenda Vista de Paz

Praias, Festas: A Summertime Gone

July 4, 2020 brokenazulejos1971 Leave a comment

A year gone now, since we prepped the pups for their transatlantic return to the US. With that anniversary passing,…

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Filed under: Cascais, festas, Festas Populares, Portugal, praia das maçãs, praias, Sao Mamede, veteranarians, veteranarios

Songs I Learned In Stay-At-Home

June 1, 2020 brokenazulejos1971 Leave a comment

The tweet leaped out from my feed as I scrolled through in the darkness. When I cannot sleep, I’m often…

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Filed under: dance party, music, Portugal

The Random Garden, Act II

April 22, 2020 brokenazulejos1971 1 Comment

A man in full works the soil, and takes pleasure from transforming the land into a plot ready to nurture…

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Filed under: cats, chickens, dogs, fresh eggs, gardens, Maryland, Random Garden

Preserving Lemons

January 31, 2020 brokenazulejos1971 Leave a comment

Though the winter howls outside our new home, the grocery stores remind me of the fact that it’s citrus season…

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Filed under: Colares, lemons, Meyer lemons, praia das maçãs, preserved lemons

Vivenda Vista da Paz

January 1, 2020 brokenazulejos1971 3 Comments

We open the new year with an introduction: our new home in the United States. A combination of circumstances led…

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Filed under: Maryland, New Year's Eve, on my run, sunset

Prospero Ano Novo 2020

December 31, 2019 brokenazulejos1971 Leave a comment

At this time last year, we’d already had our 12 raisins on the beach at Praia das Maçãs…I didn’t know…

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Filed under: Portugal

Nazaré Waves

November 30, 2019 brokenazulejos1971 3 Comments

Living in Praia das Maçãs was the first time I’d ever lived next to the ocean. We fell asleep to…

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Filed under: ascensor, Nazare, Portugal, surfing, waves

Dia de Todos os Santos

November 3, 2019 brokenazulejos1971 Leave a comment

It’s the time of lighting first fires, and the time of snails. The last days of October creep around, and…

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Filed under: autumn, caracois, dia de todas as amas, dia de todos os santos, Halloween, harvest

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