Feliz Natal Sustentável!

Merry Sustainable Christmas! This month the town of Portel is celebrating its second annual Natal Sustentável. Portelenses apparently enjoy lots of Continue reading →

Precarious

As requested, here is a visual demonstration of my fieldwork transportation method. Since viewing this video, I have made a Continue reading →

The things I carry

What do the following items have in common? Yellow plush lion that crinkles when you squeeze its middle Nitrile exam Continue reading →

Um dia na vida

Humans are weirdly adaptable. The unusual becomes the mundane surprisingly quickly. So before I get too accustomed to cultural differences Continue reading →

Too Many Cooks

It feels a bit strange to have lunch with someone who is eating a monkey. A bit stranger may be Continue reading →

You say “tomato,” I say “a bun in the oven”

So, finally, after 13 months of waiting for research-ethics approval, and 1 month of trying to convince the Brazilian federal Continue reading →

Portel-bound plane crashes during takeoff in Belém

Portel-bound plane crashes during takeoff in Belém So, there are worse ways to travel than the Bom Jesus.

Spoiler Alert! Chupaca-bra is Portu-guese for . . .

During my spouse’s recent visit to Brazil (he may start his own blog about his experiences), we watched The Rundown, Continue reading →