First post!

Welcome to my new website! I refrain to call it just a new blog because I have plans to let it grow into something else. All in due time, though.

For those who haven’t read the About page, which I’ll be sure to post between this week and the next, here’s the summary:

My name is Ricardo, born in Brazil and raised in Portugal, though I consider myself to be somewhat “nationless”. The reason I’m writing this in English is one third because I can, two thirds because I want to.

I can because I started learning English at the age of eight and have since become a certified EFL teacher. The reason I want to is a bit more complex and I’m afraid I don’t know how to explain it entirely. On the one hand, writing in English gives these entries, news items and short stories a very different reach than they would have had in Portuguese. On the other hand there are quite a few situations where I simply find myself more comfortable writing in English.

With that in mind, I do intend to use both languages, depending on the situation, the audience, or just pure whim. At the moment I’ve only got a vague idea of what this website will turn into and the feeling that it’ll be worth reading!

Thanks for your time.