Mama(e) in Translation

2 sons, 2 languages, 2 countries, 2 "worlds" (work/home), 2 PhDs. Where translation and "in-between-ness" have become a way of life. Now with 2 cats & 2 Universities!

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

"Brazilian" Thanksgiving

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(Table decoration courtesy of my sister in law) This most American of holidays was ...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Thankful and Hopeful - My First Meme!

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For the first time ever, I have been tagged with a "meme," so now I feel I really "belong" in the blogging community! ;D...
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Sunday, November 20, 2005

Musings from an Accidental Applicant

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Phew! I'm so tired! Who knew that one little application would be so time consuming? I spent the whole day mulling over the cover letter...
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Thursday, November 17, 2005

Go Academic Bloggers!/ News (!?)

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A while back I responded to Rebecca A. Goetz' questionnaire for/about academics who blog, and now she has published an article about blo...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Non-poor privilege/ Children's public behavior Links

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I wish I had more time to write about the many ideas that float in and out of my mind every day, but I'm usually too busy working on the...
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Monday, November 14, 2005

Happy Anniversary, Blog!!

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It's been one year today. It was all it took for me to become very addicted to blogging and blog reading. (It actually took much less th...
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The downside of gardening...

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Gardening is not for the faint of heart. At least not here in the Northern Hemisphere. I think Fall is beautiful, but I have learned to drea...
Wednesday, November 09, 2005

I am a feminist because...

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Yes, I decided to utter the new "F" word in my blog. The title is an attempt to counter the ubiquitous statement "I'm n...
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Friday, November 04, 2005

Nothing Gold Can Stay

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Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But...
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Over a thousand!

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This week my blog had a milestone. I've had over one thousand visits since I installed the sitemeter!! (When did I install it? Back in J...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Dissertatin' - Update #3 (Things are lookin' up!)

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OK, time for another update, and this is a positive one - yay! (I began to write in on 10/30) But before that, some words about last week. I...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Before Sunset

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OK dear readers. Jo(e) asked and I immediately complied. I think you do deserve the photos, I was just too tired yesterday to include an...
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Monday, October 24, 2005

Stranded

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Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny fall day (a little chilly, and windy, but nice) , following a rainy, stormy day on Saturday, so we went sig...
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Thursday, October 20, 2005

Getting Feedback or... Dissertatin' - Update #2

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Updated title (10/24) same content. (preamble) First, I'm all better from the cough, but still worried about getting a sore throat again...
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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Cough, cough, cough...

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Stopping by quickly to say I've been having a terrible cough for almost a week now. Nights are not easy, and I haven't been sleeping...
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Monday, October 10, 2005

Dissertatin' - Update #1

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Well, since I started working in earnest, and I even have a timetable (I pasted it near my computer screen yesterday, I even added some ...
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Friday, October 07, 2005

Fall is here - my first "quiz"

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You Are Changing Leaves Pretty, but soon dead. What Part of Fall Are You? I decided to put this one here because it's pretty. And I do l...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005

Arguing with a 16 month-old... useless

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Speaking of milk (see Kateri's comment on previous post), two days ago Linton decided that what he gets when he breastfeeds (my milk) i...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

A couple of firsts

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Just a quick note to say I just attended my first LLL (La Leche League) meeting. I enjoyed it very much, it feels great to be in a room full...
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My mornings are glorious

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I haven't posted lately because I'm working on the dissertation, yes, I am. It's not been easy, writing never is, but I think it...
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I'm a Brazilian immigrant (used to say expatriate, have problems with this word now), living in the U.S. since 1996 with my husband and two sons (born in March 2002 and May 2004). I'm a mother, first and foremost, -- mamãe in my mother-tongue, hence the (e) of the blog title -- but after "ten years and two sons" I finally finished my Ph.D. in literature in 2008. After six years away from teaching (including a year home/cyber schooling my sons - 2009-10), I'm finally back in higher-education. I've been blogging here for eleven years, so welcome to my site and feel free to stay for a while and look around. Our lives are a roller coaster, never lacking in ups and downs! ;-)
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