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The end of our clayhouse-time, March 21
It is Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa, Karfreitag) 2023 as I write this, the day where they killed Jesus. And like a crucifixion it felt indeed what happened here. A worthy scapegoat was chosen. I hope it was worth it. After…
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Planting our first fruit and nut trees in Quinta Cheia January 21
Well, there are already quite a few trees from the former owners. Mostly Araçás, Guava, Bananas, Chestnut, Loquats, Anona, peaches, plums and Avocado (Reed), what already give us more or less fruits. This year we plant things like Mango, Macadamia,…
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Jan´s accident Part VII: Home at last, life goes on, Epilogue
Start here with part 1! We are greeted with so much love from all sides when we come home. We both are deeply exhausted, and in the darkest time of the year it can be extremely depressing and hard here…
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Jan´s accident Part V: Alexandrina and more new friends
Start here with part 1! David is gone, I am on my own again. When I walk through the city of Angra now, everything seems much darker. The Covid rules are much stricter suddenly, many of the beautiful places we…
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Jan´s accident Part IV: Time with David, holding on in dark times
Start here with part 1! Today is the day I can see Jan again! I´m super nervous and full of adrenaline again. I chose to tell my team that I will run the Online summit. I can improvise with my…
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Jan´s accident Part III: Orienting in Terceira
Start here with part 1! The next morning. Starting to orient. Meeting Arthur, who is keeping everything in order in the guesthouse. He has lived in the States for most of his life and you can hear and feel it.…
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Jan´s accident Part II: Leaving Graciosa
Start here with part 1! I had to run to the other end of the garden, not knowing, what I will find. Jan was lying in the grassy path on the back. He had crawled to this place all the…
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Harvest 2020 – Our garden takes care of us in the wonky beginnings
It was already summer when Jan really joined me here in my Quinta and we slowly started. Mostly with cleaning the place up. We started with a little bit here and there. Often the stuff that we sow is not…
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Allgemein, Guests, clients, retreats, volunteers, Paradise Nutrition, Permaculture Foodforest Gardening, Personal things
Alet joins for help, August and September 20
Jan met her in the harbor of Graciosa. Via an online platform she had joined with a sailor (both from the Netherlands) because she wanted to experience her first sailing trip. They didn´t get along with each other so well…
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Cooking and good eating in 2020
Here we share with you some peeks into what we use to eat. I have been changing my diet and started experimenting with different nutritional styles in 2013 when I was 26, Jan in 2006 when he was 44, all…
