Monthly Archives: July 2011

My wife spent part of her childhood on a farm near Cinco Lagos. She saw lots of poisonous snakes, including an especially aggressive type called the urutu that a farmworker dispatched with a machetes. Years later, she still knew her … Continue reading →

No matter what our three-year-old twins are doing, they stop and rush to the balcony when they hear the Trem Bala coming. And it comes down our road a few times every day or night. They jump up and down … Continue reading →