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Teresa Vale

Summer wedding

In PersonalTags bride, groom, loneliness, love, summer, summer wedding, vows, weddingPublish Date19 August, 2022Leave a comment

Yesterday I went to a wedding. It was the wedding of the daughter of a fellow worker, someone I consider a friend, but even so I was surprised at the invitation. Very few people from the office were invited, but it’s true that the bride’s mother and I share a bond that has lasted for quite a few years. So, I said yes, even if the prospect of a wedding is not exactly something that I relish. The last wedding …

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Mother and daughter

In FamilyTags bitterness, daughter, love, mother, MozambiquePublish Date10 January, 2022Leave a comment

  I was offered a book of short stories from a Portuguese author for Christmas. I had never read any of her books, and wasn’t particularly interested, but I have to say it was a pleasant surprise. I really enjoyed the stories, stories about women and their loves, struggles and achievements.   The story in the book One story reminded me of you. Actually, there were two stories, or rather two sides to the same story: that of a mother …

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The story of the green vase

In Other StoriesTags a million pieces, girl, green vase, heart, love, prince, spell, story, wise woman, womanPublish Date26 September, 2021Leave a comment

  Prince Uncharming More and more, the memories of his life as a powerful prince of a distant land are vanishing in the mists of time. But he will never forget the day when the wise woman of the forest (or was it a witch?) condemned him to a life of incarceration within the green vase. And, this time, no true love from a woman would save him as in Beauty and the Beast. To be fair, he didn’t deserve …

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Let me tell you about my new book

In My BookTags book, Durban, Johannesburg, Lisbon, love, love secrets lies, Madeira, Morocco, Mozambique, Prince Charming, romance, South Africa, teenager, Teresa, time travelPublish Date9 May, 2021Leave a comment

  This story is about a girl. Teresa. It begins in 1975, when she’s only twelve. She’s just left her homeland, Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, now riven by revolution and madness. In the wake of civil war, fear and terror crack open Teresa’s idyllic childhood.   Even the family pets act distraught. Granny no longer tends to her roses. Everybody starts sleeping in the same room, afraid of knives in the night. They must flee the land they have …

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Lunch on a sunlit balcony

In FriendsTags balcony, Brittany, emotions, French, friend, Lisbon, love, villagePublish Date8 March, 2021Leave a comment

  It was a spring-like day; one of those February days when the sun shines so bright, the sky is incredibly  blue, and you feel warm for the first time after so many months. It makes you wonder if spring has come early this year – and you enjoy it.   We sat on the balcony of my friend’s charming apartment in an old building of a traditional Lisbon quarter, on a steep street like so many others that go …

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Let me take you back in time

In My BookTags book, Durban, Johannesburg, knight in shining armour, Lisbon, love, love secrets lies, Madeira, Morocco, Mozambique, romance, teenager, Teresa, time travelPublish Date15 February, 2021Leave a comment

  This story is about a girl. Teresa. It begins in 1975, when she’s only twelve. She’s just left her homeland, Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, now riven by revolution and madness. In the wake of civil war, fear and terror crack open Teresa’s idyllic childhood.   Even the family pets act distraught. Granny no longer tends to her roses. Everybody starts sleeping in the same room, afraid of knives in the night. They must flee the land they have …

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A different Christmas

In PersonalTags 2020, birthday, change, Christmas, Covid-19, dreams, family, friends, Jesus, love, nightmarePublish Date15 December, 2020Leave a comment

  No Christmas is exactly like the previous one. You may keep most of the rituals, the people you celebrate it with, shop in the same stores and cook the same dishes for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but still, it will feel familiar, because it will be “your” Christmas all over again.   Not this year.   This Christmas will be different from all the Christmases we have lived before, and, even with those few we’ll get together with, …

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Like a river

In PersonalTags estuary, feeling, flowing water, happy, heartbreak, life, love, lovers, river, sea, special, waterPublish Date6 December, 2020Leave a comment

  Life is like the water in a river – each chapter begins, unfolds, and then it’s gone forever, as the water flows from its source to the estuary, only to lose itself in the immensity of the sea.   Like flowing water, our happy moments only lingered for a while, and then they were gone, swiftly but inexorably heading towards the end, an end neither of us wanted but both knew was inevitable. It’s incredible how all relationships are …

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My choice

In FriendsTags Auntie, dreams, greatest love, heart, lessons, love, marriage, memories, sons, stars, Uncle, wisdomPublish Date18 September, 2020Leave a comment

  Dear Uncle   The other day I was revising the first chapters of my book and came up with a scene where the main character, Teresa, has a long talk with her Uncle Jorge, who is so much like you that he can only be one of my favourites.   I’ll never forget those talks. In addition to your being great company, with a sense of humour I enjoyed so much, you always had wise words of advice to …

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The attic

In Other StoriesTags attic, bed, dream, end, energy, landlady, love, lovers, storyPublish Date5 September, 2020Leave a comment

  At eighteen she arrived in the big city with butterflies in her belly – leaving her island to come and study at university was no small adventure! She had many friends there, though, and through one of them she had found the place where she was going to stay. For years, friends of friends coming from her island had stayed there and recommended it.   She knew Lisbon of course, she had been there several times with her family; …

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I was born in Mozambique in the sixties but have lived in Lisbon , Portugal, with my family, for most of my life.

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