A Bookstore

Nestled on the hilltop neighborhood

of Santa Teresa,

surrounded by ominous dark trees,

we stepped into the warmth

of this inviting bookstore

for a spot of cafezeinho

at dusk.

Brazil

Traveling once again!

It has been so busy this past month that I haven't even gotten a chance to enjoy the pre-departure adrenaline.

But here it is! It has been a dream for oh, I don't know how long, but I am finally going to Rio, and I've been listening to bossa nova non-stop for the past few days. I'm probably longing for the Rio days of old--or perhaps even a Rio that never existed, but that's the soundtrack I want when I'm sitting on Ipanema.

Mannnny pictures and words to come.

Two small boxes

(Her own mother, she said, had been an inspiration: she died at 101 with only two small boxes to her name. “She gave away things for years,” Lydia said. “You have to stop accumulating, and start clearing out early.”)

From the NYT

This really struck me as soon as I read it. It reminds me of Boltanski.

Whose Law?

I just got my mind rocked

about the real culture gap

and how we dropped the ball

rather, tossed it aside

gave it up

somewhere along the way

when State becomes salvation

when the dots don't connect

but instead grow larger and larger

into giant potholes

with no safety nets

and people fall and are diminished

to meaninglessness.

New Title

Hastily made.

Will fix. Work in Progress.

Clouds

Driving from D.C. to NJ, we experienced some awesome weather.

I hope you get the point

Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art and Ronald, Elizabeth and Lauren DiFilippo

Mather & Company, “Say It With A Snap! Get To The Point.,” 1925.

From NYT, T-Magazine. Find the article here.