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!

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Sixteen Years Ago Today

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It feels like even longer, but it's been "only" sixteen years... I was almost 19 then (my birthday is in July), I had just sta...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

They're Coming!

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My father- and mother-in-law had no trouble getting their work visa this morning in the American Consulate in Brazil. We haven't talked ...
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Sunday, March 26, 2006

Cool New Enterprising Brazilian Mama

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I had the BEST time at the conference this weekend, and I need to blog about it; but I want to write a nice, well thought-out post, so I...
Thursday, March 23, 2006

The Ten Commandments of Academic Writing According to My Advisor

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I. Thou shall not use parenthetical remarks (“say it or leave it out”). II. Thou shall not use exclamation marks! III. Thou shan’t ...
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MLA, Here I Come!

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Nothing like a day after the other, today I received great news that my paper (the second abstract I submitted this year) was accepted for a...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Suspenseful News

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Wow. My brother, who is a forest engineer, has been looking for a new job since he defended his master's thesis last November just talke...
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Happy Spring!

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E ither today or yesterday is/was the beginning of Spring in the Northern hemisphere. Therefore, I want to greet Spring by posting pictures ...
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Monday, March 20, 2006

Lovely Weekend

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We had a lovely "long weekend." My husband spent last week in Baltimore at a conference and the boys and I were able to join him o...
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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Rejection

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I almost forgot to blog about this, but the rejection letter from that " accidental application " arrived two weeks ago. I didn...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

My First Online Publication! - Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network

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As if I weren't busy enough, I decided to accept a lovely invitation from Corey Heller to write a column for the Bilingual/Bicultural F...
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Saturday, March 11, 2006

"New Mamas on the Blog"

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This must be one of the weeks I posted most often in the short and rather uneventful "life" of this blog, and I'm still not do...
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Thursday, March 09, 2006

Happy Birthday My Son!

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Four years ago today, at 4:14 pm our first son was born. It was with great clarity that I received him into this world and that, directed by...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Link to Wonderful Article on Open Adoption

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I've been a huge fan of Dawn at This Woman's Work for almost two years now. Back when I started reading blogs, I stumbled upon her...
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Party Design? Ask My S-I-L!

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Everyone seemed to enjoy the cake pictures post, so I decided to follow up with pictures of our party decorations. Tomorrow (oh, probably ev...
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Monday, March 06, 2006

(Kids) Birthday Cakes Revisited

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Last week when I was planning for my son's 4th birthday party that took place yesterday I thought it would be fun to post pictures of pa...
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Friday, March 03, 2006

Of Snow and Snowmen (and Exercise : )

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This post is over three weeks too late, since the snowstorm was three Sundays ago (2/12)... but, better late than never, I guess! I am long ...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Literary Mama Blog Book Tour Poem

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I remember the time I first encountered Literary Mama in the web... I had recently given birth for the second time and just discovered blog...
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Sunday, February 26, 2006

The State of the Dissertation - Update #4

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I don't know if the title sounds good, but I'm "stealing" it from 11D who had a few "The State of the Blog" pos...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

To-Do List

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I really need a to do list right now because there are so many deadlines coming up for me, so since I've seen some blogging friends do i...
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Friday, February 17, 2006

*Brand New* Technology and Innovation Meme

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Edited to add a question about wireless networking to question 1 :) I had been thinking of creating a meme based on my Valentine's Day p...
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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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