Nocturnal Celestial Emissions from The SeaGoose Nebula

My time rolls on. Since I have been moved to Brazil I felt that I had to take the time to learn the city of Salvador. That being my first order of business, I went about it and feel I have accomplished it. With Christmas approaching, it is getting hot. Summer is peaking and it will soon come to full force. I now think about how I have not been through a Salvador summer since before I moved to America more then eighteen years ago. Since the summer in America is winter here, and that is the only time I had the chance to come and visit, I missed out on the experience. I feel prepared for it and cant wait. Carnival is coming soon as well, and it is a huge street party here in Salvador and many say a whole lot better then in Rio, there it is more of a parade. In Salvador it is millions of people hitting the streets for a few days and getting crazy.

Before Carnival their is a more of a religious festival called Lavagem do Bonfim (Washing of Bonfim church) Second Thursday in January. A Candomblé festival culminating in the ritual cleansing of Bonfim church in Salvador, Bahia. This year it falls on the 14th of January, I had not heard much about this festival but from what I am told that people walk from a point to a Bonfim Church for the cleansing ritual. But afterwords there is also a great party that takes place and I am told it is a fun as Carnival. Candomblé is a religion with its origins in Catholicism and old traditional African religions, so it should be great. I am looking very foreword to it because it should be a great opportunity to take great photos.

(Picture of the Bonfin Festival. Link to Photo http://media.photobucket.com/image/Salvador%20Brazil%20January%2014th%20Lavagem%20do%20Bonfim/cacau18/lavagem.jpg)

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I had surgery a bit ago, and can finally say that i am recovering well, the problem was not the pain of anything, what occurred was I came down with Anemia. So my skin and eyes turned yellow. So I had to fight that for some time.  The only thing that sticks in cause of the scars on the arm and chest I am not able to go to the beach for some time, well I am to avoid the sun. I feel a bit cheated at this cause I had started to really understand surfing and how to do it, I got a second hand surfboard and everything. The only good thing about the surgery is it gives one time without the burden of pressure to be productive, I can sit here and just read, and write, and draw, think.

I did some good thinking, one of the things I kept coming came back to is loss, and how much lost a person goes through to get to the place where they are now. I have lost plenty, friends, loved ones, ideas, and countless others things that I have yet to realize I have lost. I know that I still have yet to loose, but I think that is fine cause to me how you deal with the loose is the measure of what kind of person you are. Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most. I think about the one that got away and how I lost her. I looked for perfection and in your eyes I found better, but I could not hold on to it.

I share the books that I feel need to read by everyone, and had a chance to do so while stuck in bed, some where rereads, others first time here the list.

The Road – Cormac McCarthy

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Beautiful Loser – Leanord Cohan

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Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson

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Ender’s Saga – Orson Scott Card

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World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War – Max Brooks

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Thank you very much for you time… This has been BrotherShine coming to you from the limitless void in the back of your mind. Peace.

Email Me: brothershine@gmail.com