General

XXIX – O Zé Ninguém e a Flor da Noite

Self-importance, Humility and Impeccability

Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it–what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of…

Woman, Heavenly Moments

  They say the Devil’s greatest invention was the lemon, created in his attempt to copy the orange, God’s newest invention. The latter, as they say, was God’s second best…

XXVIII – The Ferris Wheel

And so my journey continued. I saw a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst and took my medication, but never really believed that any of them would help to cure me. I was…

Carnivalesque Parades Occupy Belo Horizonte

Until the early ’60s, it was one hell of a scene the entire week preluding carnival, with all the caricatos coming in from the nearby villages and town quarters, comprised…

The Saint Sebastian Festival in Pompéu, Memories

Back when I was a young child and adolescent, sometime around 1948 to 1960, the best fun you could get in my old hometown, especially for the poor, were at…