What a beautiful day it was in São Paulo yesterday (practically perfect). It was a little too warm in the morning, but it didn’t take long until the clouds got a dark gray shade that tells us that rain might come.

The “might” means it isn’t because the thunder is loud and the clouds are practically black that it will rain where you are. I lost count of how many times I got frustrated because all the evidence pointed to a storm, only to see a blue sky half an hour later and read in the newspaper, the next day, how it rained so much in another part of São Paulo.

But yesterday, the rain fell in my neighbourhood the entire day after 11 am. And I could sleep with two cozy blankets after drinking a warm cup of hot chocolate - it has been like this for days.

Ironically now, with this beautiful weather outside, is the time when I’m staying at home the most, writing about life in Brazil and creating fun art projects to sell in my shop on the Mercado Livre website.

Maybe I should go out there to bring real stories for you guys, but the sky dawned entirely blue, so… not today.

Anne Rios

amodafala@gmail.com