Author: gfielder

This has nothing to do with Brasil. As some of you know, I spend a week of every month here in Brasil. While I am gone, my son is on his own. It turns out that he needs a babysitter. My son, who I love, is less than successful right now.  He dropped out of…

Brasilians love their cars. They’re very expensive, even the older ones, so everyone takes very good care of them. Monica can’t believe that I don’t keep my 12 year old Explorer in a garage. I drove our Fiat this morning, so I thought I’d write a bit about cars and driving here in Volta Redonda.…

It was very difficult to find time to post earlier this week. I was working 12hr shifts and I had stuff to try to get done after work. To follow up on some of the earlier things: I received both the setting and the diamond that I was going to give Monica. I had an…

Kate arrived this morning at PHL.  She’s going to spend a couple of weeks here, on vacation from the USN.    Next week is her birthday.  The dining room light was on, causing that shadow across her shoulders – I am not a good photographer.  She’s still a beautiful kid.  I am so proud of…

My laptop, purchased in October of 2004, is now listed on eBay. This machine is great, but it’s a monster – as heavy as a small desktop computer. It’s time to upgrade. The listing is here: Old Laptop This laptop and I have been through a lot together (heck, I’m sitting in bed writing on…

I’ve been home for a couple of days, but this is the first chance that I’ve had to get near the computer.  Thursday afternoon, we dove in Fredericsted at the pier again   .  Here’s where we set up our equipment.  We just jumped in the water off of the side of the pier.     We…

Yes, we’ll be leaving tomorrow.  I will miss this place.  Our beach front condo seems like it han’t changed too much.  The other night, I was writing an e-mail in the wee hours before I went to bed when I noticed a small sea shell slowly dragging itself across the tile floor near my feet. …

Okay, we’re at Colony Cove in our condo. First, kudos to the staff here. Although I haven’t been here for a year, everything looks great – better than last year thanks to some minor improvements and repairs. After a nasty travel day on Saturday, we got up on Sunday ready to dive. First stop was…

This is not something that you want to see….. Generally, I stick to the 30% rule of air travel. 30% of the time, something happens to send your carefully planned trip down the rat hole. My trip home from Rio did not disappoint me. The easiest way to get home is to fly to Miami…

Yup, he’s still here. Vagabond dog is guarding the house. Obviously feeling better and well fed, he exercises his authority as guardian of our castle by challenging potential intruders and annoying anyone unfortunate enough to pass our house. For some reason, bicycle riders are his special targets. He’s big and scary and has a deep…