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Join me as I explore my Portuguese roots through heartfelt stories, cultural reflections, and the emotional journey of writing. Through it all, I offer insights into the writer's life, artistic trends, and the publishing industry.
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What’s in a Name? (opens the original)
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Happy Birthday to Me! (opens the original)
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A Portuguese Cure-All (opens the original)
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I watched Dr. Fauci’s face plastered across screens last week. You couldn’t help notice how his face was drawn with a particular kind of exhaustion I recognized—the weariness of someone who has spent too long explaining what should not need explanation and doing so on repeat. The republican attacks were vicious, personal, and yes, political. I felt something tighten in my chest and I can’t explain the protective instinct for this man I’d never met. Then RFK Jr. came on, bloated and fiery red, hi
Tio David and the Goliath Fig (opens the original)
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The suitcases always came back heavier than he left. Tio David would arrive at Pearson with his jacket slung over one arm, his shirt dampened at the collar, and that particular expression—half-exhaustion, half-satisfaction—that comes from carrying more than you should across an ocean. We’d meet him at arrivals, and before the embraces where we’d catch a whiff of brine and mofo, before the questions about the flight or the family still on the island, there was the matter of his luggage, secured w
"The Layabouts" (opens the original)
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