Finally fall is here in Portland with the characteristic rain of this region. I love to watch raining and go for a walk in the wet streets as if they were recently washed. You can smell the woods and the moss in the air, that smell that I like so much, and see the leaves […]

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Mountains of Faith is an episode of a series of documentaries about Africa made by National Geographic. There are eight episodes of one hour each in which 11 African countries are covered, each with a mix of narration and interviews.The stories are told from the point of view of the people who are in […]

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One of the things I’m doing before the arrival of the children is preparing their names with wooden letters painted in colors that I will hang on the wall of their bedrooms. I though it will we a good idea to welcome them and to make them feel that this is their home, that […]

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A while ago when I was reading the book Held at a distance - a rediscovery of Ethiopia by Rebecca Haile, every phrase I read reminded me of Argentina. If I had read it without knowing it was about Ethiopia, without the geographic and historic references, I could have thought it was a book about […]

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