Kinship Kitchen
Coffee. Films. Forest walks. A shared table. A return to listening.
A small gathering space in central Portugal for coffee pauses, documentary screenings, forest walks, and shared meals.
— hosted, together with friends and collaborators
COFFEE
Café Pausa
Friday coffee hour
A simple open-door moment each week with coffee, tea and conversation.
Drop in, meet neighbors, exchange stories or simply pause for a moment with a cup of tea. Café Pausa is an informal place where people often bring something small to share - fruit, cake, bread or simply their presence.
Café e dois dedos de conversa — sexta-feira
Passa por cá para tomar um café.
FILM
Living Room Cinema
Occasional documentary screenings
Small-circle documentary screenings where films become a starting point for shared conversation, often continuing over lunch or dinner.
Seats are limited to keep the circle intimate.
Sessões de cinema documental em pequeno grupo
WALK
Walking Together
Slow walks on the trails
Seasonal walks of 2–3 hours with Mónica (Q) Walhof, a trained ANFT Forest Therapy Guide.
Walking slowly, noticing what is around us, and seeing what catches our attention. Sometimes forest bathing (shinrin-yoku), sometimes haiku among the trees, sometimes the company of goats, and sometimes simply walking in silence.
Each walk takes its own shape.
Caminhadas tranquilas na floresta ou no campo.
Disponível a pedido — para individuais ou grupos.
LISTEN
Day of Place
Place-based encounters in Central Portugal
An invitation to arrive somewhere as a late arrival.
The place is already underway. People are already in relationship with it. Water is already moving. Stories are already travelling. Hands are already making things. Birds are already calling. Stones are already holding time.
We arrive to listen for the place, her stories — and to participate in it. Come let’s see
E às vezes, chegamos tarde.
Um dia para perceber o que já estava a acontecer antes de chegarmos.
LETTERS
HELD — Letters from the Motherline
A quiet series of letters for mothers, woven from the voices of women of different ages and cultures.
The letters offer companionship and remind mothers that they do not need to be stronger threads, only to remember that they are woven. Anyone can receive them freely and slowly — one letter a week. HOW to receive? Send a short message (‘hi”) via WhatsApp, Signal or SMS to +351 926 586 953. A welcome message will come back to you, and the letters will begin from there. That’s all.
Um fio de conversações entre mães, para receber devagarinho, uma por semana.
Para escutar, guardar e deixar chegar.
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Forest Walk
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Living Room Cinema
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Café Pausa
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A shared Table
Kinship Kitchen is a private home that occasionally opens its doors for small gatherings, conversations, films, and walks. Gatherings are small and informal.
If you feel curious to join, or have an idea you'd like to explore together, you are very welcome to reach out.
A heartfelt THANK YOU to those who have helped carry the conversation ..
Colher para Semear - heirloom seedsaving association in Portugal
VeganETing - event catering and markets in central Portugal
Complicité Theatre, London, U.K.
National Geographic documentaries, USA
Roco films, USA
Collective Wonder - Herb School, central Portugal
Omoregie Osakpolor, independent filmmaker, Lagos, Nigeria
Capril da Serra do Bidueiro - São Miguel de Poiares, Portugal
Guardians Worldwide -an international non-profit organisation
Learning Apothecary, Lisboa, Portugal
Daniela Kato, writer, researcher and facilitator in ecotherapy, Japan
The mothers who shared their stories for HELD
The rivers, springs, forests, trees and paths that have welcomed us
Pete Knapp, independent filmmaker, U.K.
Panchamama Tapas Bar & Cultura in Pedrogão Grande, Portugal
ETP SICO, Alvaiazere, Portugal
Quinta da Cortiça, historic quinta offering accommodations in central Portugal