Kitchens of the big houses
October 18, 2026Let’s talk a little about history and food. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, wheat flour was an expensive ingredient in Brazil. Imported from Portugal,…
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Sugar exports
October 7, 2026Although it may not seem so, there are central themes that present themselves each month in the making of this blog’s posts. Elections aside, this…
Public policies
October 3, 2026Have you ever stopped to think that your daily life is shaped, all the time, by decisions you did not make? The bus that arrives…
The editing of reality
October 1, 2026We are in 2026, another election year in Brazil. And, as happens with every election, we have already begun to see circulating on social networks…
July 30: the day the world embroiders!
July 30, 2026July 30. Somewhere in São Tomé and Príncipe, someone starts a new embroidery. In a library in Canada, a group gathers to sew and chat.…
Botanical embroidery
July 19, 2026This year, almost all of my embroideries have been botanical. Leaves, flowers, branches, roots. It wasn’t a conscious decision. It just happened. Today I think…
The forest is not virgin (and never was)
July 5, 2026When we think of the Amazon, what comes to mind? Dense forest. Giant trees. Untouched nature, far from human presence. For a long time, that…
Celts
July 2, 2026I have written quite a bit about the Celts on this blog. But I realized I never explained who these peoples were and why they…
Handmade and marketing
June 4, 2026Sometimes, a piece of news goes beyond the field of consumption and forces us to reflect on memory, culture, and labor. That was what happened…