When I go in the Lidl in Figueira, I bump into an old acquaintance. “Olá olá Helena!” – but the masked woman doesn’t immediately seem familiar to me. She quickly pulls down her mask when she sees me thinking. “Ah! Professora Ana Paula!” I exclaim in surprise, because it has been years ago that I […]
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If they happen to dig me up in a few hundred years, they are bound to break their heads over the two grooves in my skull. Just behind the ears. They’ll probably call it eyeglass slots and explain to you what glasses are Because by then they can easily turn a few old people into
And there we go again to the eye doctor for new glasses Read More »
My dad used to say that. “Oo-how-ooo” (skipping voice) I’m getting a baby over this!” if something didn’t work out, bothered him or if something else didn’t go as it should. He didn’t really get a baby from it, of course My mother did the heavy lifting in that area. Anyway, I probably won’t tell
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“Look, there is a horse on the road!” son Broes shouts in surprise, and walks towards the road in the rain to take a look. I follow him, but wait on the sidewalk for the latest news. Too cold and wet. A horse on the road – that doesn’t happen every day! A moment later
My kingdom for a horse Read More »
Well… it’s really not to rub it in (again), or to secretly gloat, but we really had a nice New Year. I’ve already wished everyone a Happy New Year via Facebook and Whatsapp, but to be clear: I wish everyone a very good and healthy 2021! We are comfortable in our bubble here We all
Very different C-words for our bubble in 2021 Read More »
This is actually old news. It’s about the day of Halloween – as you know it, we call it “All Soul’s Day” here. Sorry for that, dear readers, because this happened on October 31 – The Day of all souls. All Souls on the 31st of October – Halloween – already a week ago Who
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When I walk up the village-square-stairs with my half-eaten sandwich in one hand, and my glass in the other, my eye catches a lady standing with her back to me in Casa Oliveira’s doorway, talking to the residents. I’m trying to squint to see more clearly. “Who is this … she looks like Nicole Pesch”,
Life is beautiful in the truck of the lumberyard Read More »
Buying a used car is not easy We drove our little old Opel for years, but since the engine is ticking, it was time for another one. Hugo, son of another mother, warned that that ticking is some kind of a time bomb. Fábio, the newly discovered new garage owner, said the same. No, it’ll
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“Well, if we’d known, we could have brought a chick from the market in Montemor!” one widow answers, and the other nods compassionately, “but you can also give her a bath, and she will cool down. They have a fever, isn’t it, it’s a fever … ” I already thought that the widows knew a
Chicken fever and the 3 widows Read More »
This is even worse than back then with the football championship. The semifinal was between Portugal and the Netherlands. We sat in a cafe in Costa de Lavos, full of Portuguese people, all of whom were for Portugal. Of course. I don’t have much experience with football It just doesn’t click or something. I usually
Just like the 2004 semifinal football Read More »
