This first article of July — and yes, we are already entering the downward curve of the year — comes after what Scott-Ryan Abt wrote about the typical end-of-month articles and who earned how much. It’s Almost the First of the Month and You Know What’s Coming A possibly (un)popular opinionmedium.com I, too, was continuously bombarded with the same articles when I started Medium more seriously. …

The Wild Wild West seems to be very alive in the 21st century. — For those who know me already, you all know I am a teacher, and I teach Portuguese to foreigners in this online world. So, I have several students from everywhere. But definitely, the majority of them are Americans, with whom I get along very well. However, one is definitely on…

If you’re considering moving to Portugal, embrace yourself for a journey of discovering a new way of life and for some cultural shocks. — More and more Portugal has been hovering on the radars of those looking to escape their country, especially certain Americans striving to change their lifestyle and seek a more peaceful place to live. However, moving to Europe — often thought of more as a super country than a continent —…

Tracing the start of the forced creation of Israel in a once pacific territory. — This is the second article I’m writing on my willingness to study the History of the forced creation of Israel over Palestine. This was the first one: Palestine — The Promised Land Article 1 — my own rage and search for a history that was never told to me.araci-almeida.medium.com “ Few regions of the world have undergone greater change since the end of the Second World War than the Middle East. Rarely…

Going back in time, American style. — America, what a disappointment! And something is only a disappointment when it turns out to be so different from what someone projected when our expectations were so high! As I have been reading, the repeal of the 1973 abortion law is comical, a strange way of going back in time. We don’t need Deloreans…

If you are facing a big hangover from a drug absence, all the best to you. I am there with you, and I’m also struggling. — Have I ever told you about when I lived with an Indian Yoga instructor? Well, not all “about me” stories have told you every thing about me. And, among those hidden details, you don’t know I have been a drug addict for some time. Hold in there. In my past…

Article 1 — my own rage and search for a history that was never told to me. — “It is one of the supreme ironies of history that the Jews, who had been subjected to more racial intolerance than almost any other people, should themselves have displayed such open racist arrogance towards Arabs”- Stuart Ross, Understand the Middle East (since 1945). This will probably be the beginning of…

Do you? — The end of the summer days in the northern hemisphere is something I could never do without in my life. I realized this when I spent six months in Brazil at nineteen, and the days, regardless of the season, would suddenly end at five in the afternoon. I, a rookie…

Scarlett is our cat. We don’t know when she was born, she appeared in our lives with only a few days of life, and it is still unknown to us how she survived her first moments. It was November, and I was writing the last words of my master’s thesis…