A friend recently told me that it is a New Year’s tradtition in Brazil to wear a new pair of undies on New Year’s Eve, at midnight, to bring good luck for the coming year. I am by no means supersticious, but find the tradition charming and have bought myself and a friend each a [...]
Entries from December 2006
December 29, 2006
Reading
I was thinking in bed this morning about 3 women who have influenced my reading life. They were pivotal to my character formation. Reading has given me the courage, and interest, to move from country to country, to become the expat princess that I am.
Herewith is an homage to the women who stoked my [...]
December 26, 2006
Expat Princess
Dear Reader:
I have been resistant to having my own blog for several reasons. One, it is a huge time drain. I can barely keep up with my mother’s blog and that of a friend’s. Two, my mother wants me to do it and her ideas are always big scale. A [...]
