Meet the many interesting people we have meet here in Santa Luzia and elsewhere in Portugal. These are their voices and their stories. They are also the voice and the story of today’s Portugal. New posts are on the way.
Olá, meus caros amigos! // Hi dear friends! Ufa! Há muito tempo. // Whew! It has been a long time. Eu sei! E sinto-me bastante mal por isso. // I know! And I feel pretty badly about it. But right out of the starting gate, I need to say one thing. I, just like you, …
Geez, with all that going on in the world, it can be hard to figure out what is life giving let alone to choose life. It takes work. It takes time. Read more…
Meeting new people here in Santa Luzia is teaching me new lessons. Not just about Portuguese and Portuguese customs and traditions. But about me and about the good life. Read more.
Place can make all the difference in the world. It might allow you to come to terms with what’s in your heart as well as with what might be missing. Place can reintroduce to what’s important, to love. Portugal has done all of this for me. Read more…
Life here in Santa Luzia is really fantastic. But generally the greeting we get from the native Portuguese here is just “day” or “afternoon”. What happened to the “good”? To find out, read more…
Early morning, along a deserted country dirt road. This might be the very best place to find your self. Here nature reveals herself in song and with a light show. Here, as well, others secret away simple acts of kindness that stun and amaze. Read more…
Living in Portugal has given me the opportunity to discover that I have another long lost dream: I have always wanted to make art. So I have given in to this dream too. Art has become another lens through which I understand this incredible place. It is also Portugal’s lens into my soul. Place and person become entwined, which is the essence of Portugalizar. You will see a lot of my art going forward. I wanted to warn you ahead of time. Read more…
