I Love My Work
dated 2009-12-15 | posted in columns | topic Culture | permanent link
Either Lisbon has changed, or I have. And I doubt if it’s the latter. Two days ago I went downtown for some holiday shopping in the Amoreiras Shopping Center, one of my favorites. I confess that I don’t get to the capital nearly s much as I should. Lisbon has all kinds culture, much more plentiful than in the sunny seaside of Cascais. My first stop came at the newly remodeled Cais do Sodré train station where I saw a well mounted exhibition of th ...
My First Set of Pearls
dated 2009-12-25 | posted in columns | topic People | permanent link
Jessica( all names changed) asked Santa for pearls. Her request threw my memory back too many years to count. When I was five, my parents added a pearl onto a necklace for each birthday until I was in my 30’s. But Jessica has no parents. She found the item, “ My first set of pearls” in this year’s Toys R Us catalogue. And on December 18, when Santa visited the SOS Children’s Village in Bicesse , Jessica got what she wanted.
Two year ...