Profiles for July, 2019

Keith is a Cancerian born in Southwark, London on July 12, 1950. I was privileged to have a safe and secure childhood with loving parents, a lovely sister and my black Labrador dog, Jess. As an early teenager I loved being a boy scout. It truly was a time of innocence, wonder and adventure.

While preparing for an annual excursion to Brasil to see my daughter, I’m remembering a man I met there nearly five years ago. In January of 2014, the height of Brasil’s steamy summer, Alaine and I hiked the Atlantic Forest surrounding Paranapiacaba, a tiny railroad town near São Paulo that has seen better days. Per state park regulations, no one can enter the forest without a monitor ambiental (environmental monitor), and ours was a big, loquacious, adventuresome man named Marcos Vital.