Unless you become a zero-waste practitioner, you’re still going to have wasteful containers and packages around your house (even if minimal), sometimes making you feel guilty about having bought them in the first place rather than reusing some other container and buying in bulk or producing your own product at home. Unfortunately, some products we…
For the ones that are all about sustainability, this is not a shocking statement as reusing and reducing has become a way of living. For the ones still not so aware of the challenge we face to ensure our planet and ourselves will last, this may create some confusion. It’s not that you shouldn’t recycle…
Ashwagandha is an Ayurvedic herb root, with powerful medicinal properties, that has been in the spotlight for a couple of years already. It is also known as Indian ginseng or Winter cherry too. I’ve only heard of it some months ago, not sure where (but for sure on youtube or Instagram stories), and decided to…
One of the topics I’m very fond of is sustainability. Sustainability has evolved from being just an environmental concern to a holistic one, focusing on a broad range of areas such as society, culture and economics. While protecting the environment is consensual, on average; it’s not that easy when it comes to the other areas,…
This post is the first short story from a brand new series called “Goodbye Letters”, in which each letter is written by the ones going away or by the ones that were left. Some of them may further evolve and be continued in following posts. Please, bear in mind that these short stories are published…
Today I bring you a brief review of one of my English writing hacks, kind of a savior on a lot of e-mails I’ve sent in a rush when I write a lot of typos and distraction gets the best of me, so I even forget about proper grammar or syntax! It’s not that I…
One of the most common questions I get from people I know is if my stories are about me, about my own life. That’s quite a hard question to answer if we dig deep into what that really means… Although some of them may have been influenced by things that happened to me or to…
– I let you bury me, when you go, in a way that it feels like this weight actually washes away the weight of wanting you from me. Or over me, either way, who cares, really… It’s sudden, kinda fleeting, but it keeps happening over and over, in silence, clinging to memories and to what…
This is a short, unbiased and transparent post about the reasons why I have ads on my pages. As most of you may already know, there are direct costs associated with keeping a website live (such as the domain and the server where we have our contents), if we really want to do it the…
Afonso never gets tired of trying to get his way, even after they have walked away and stopped giving in to his whims: – Have I told you about how many times I’ve wished you were here, floating your way into this silent house? Undressed, delicate, taking your time… Have I told you that? That…