Hello! I’ve just finished packing and showering and taking out the trash and writing down phone numbers and doing all the things that you need to do before you leave the house for three and a half weeks. I intend to update this blog whenever I find myself with internet access on the road in Brazil. We’ll see…this may be the only post on the site until I return, or I may get a chance to jot something down daily.

Anyone who emails me their snail-dress gets a postcard. That’s the rule. Happy holidays, everybody!