From Prainha do Canto Verde, Northeast Brazil – Stories, Paintings and Photographs from a life less ordinary.
Dispatches from my life in English and Portuguese.
An English Woman living in a Brazilian fishing village for more than twenty years, with never a dull moment.
Paintings and Photographs from this side of the Atlantic.
From the Archive
- Labirinto — Threads of a Living Tradition
When I first came to Prainha over twenty years ago, it was still relatively common to see women working on pieces of labirinto embroidery — a form… Read more: Labirinto — Threads of a Living Tradition - Planting trees.For several years, we’ve been planting trees on a small plot, which is split between flat ground and a steep, challenging slope. At the top, the wind… Read more: Planting trees.
- The Women’s group Encounter and a welcome to the new siteWelcome to the new site, I hope you like it and will stick around for a look at what I’ve created.It’s been a busy year, I became a
- The Easter PapangusOriginally written in April 2010. Papangus exist in other places in Brazil, but the date at which they make their appearance varies, as may their significance. In… Read more: The Easter Papangus
- Povos do Mar 2019.Last year I wrote about going to the event Povos do Mar / Peoples of the Sea, hosted by SESC and held at their *Ecological hotel, Iparana, Fortaleza.… Read more: Povos do Mar 2019.
- A newborn Manatee stranded on the beachOriginally written November 2020. Yesterday Neu went down to the beach early in the morning and then came back to wake me up. A fisherman had found… Read more: A newborn Manatee stranded on the beach
