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Postcards From 2020: Dreaming of Portugal

December 31, 2020 brokenazulejos1971 2 Comments

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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