When poetry and cookies meet in your head: sweetness ahead! — I love helping people. That’s one of my main passions. You cannot know how it feels like making a difference when you help someone with no gain. This is a story about giving something with no regrets. I have a cousin that sells great homemade cookies — that I could…

When a crime happens next to you, and you don’t know what to do — After the crisis, in 2008, I had to leave university and try to get a job. Since I didn’t have a driver’s license and no experience, I didn’t get any decent job. After getting some money for selling books, and getting my license, still I was unemployed. With a few…

When folklore stories take a big role as growing up — When I was little, there were few books available in the house, so I always liked to stay with them at the library, so I could read all that I would need. I loved stories, jokes, riddles, historic and philosophic books. I am a retired bookworm. Today I am between…

Iconic music makes a better playlist — I know this is all about pride, and I am proud to understand and be happy for all the love that the world can have. I am not a part of the problem because I had great songs that made me grow with another way of understanding love. It is…

“Mata Sete”: a 1987 Portuguese serial killer — I wasn’t even born when all of this happened. But since it was something so strange and almost insane, I wanted to share it with you all. It happened on the 1st March 1987, when a man was killed just because he wanted. …

Stone’s Broth legend — I love the way this story is told. The Stone’s Broth is a Portuguese traditional dish with a traditional tale. I like this story because it shows one of the best characteristics of the Portuguese people: we can always come up with some solution, whatever fate gifts us. …