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 31, 2011

This is it! (?)

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My 3 X 3 post was pointless, I admit it. I only wanted to write it so I could use it as a starting point for this one. You see, I wanted to...
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More about 21 years ago...

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... here (when it was only 16 years! wow, I've been blogging for a loooong time! ;) and here too , plus last year's " mish-mas...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

21 Years Ago Today...

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... I met a young man at a bus stop and I knew my life was forever changed. Our lives, to be more exact, which have now engendered two other...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

3 X 3

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We've owned three houses from 2001-2010 & we've lived for three years on each of them. Three years in a two bedroom townhous...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Friends' House Hopping

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We're in PA right now, staying at the house of dear friends. We're going to another friends' house tonight and yet another tomor...

Discrete Joy

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I wanted to be very loud about it here in the blog, but I can't. And the main reason is that some "real life" friends read the...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

I Can't Wait!!

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I can't wait to move to our new house. In a month we'll be home owners again and I can hardly believe it! I drove by it last week ...
Friday, March 18, 2011

"But I'm American, mom, you know?"

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Thats what my youngest son (6 years old) told me today when I asked, or, rather begged him, for the millionth time, "Please, can you s...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Angry about CRAZY and Wholly Undemocratic Politics in the U.S. right now or our Dystopian Present

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If you (and I) thought that Wisconsin was bad, think again. Have you heard about the stuff going on in Michigan? If you didn't, you sh...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Sublime: Ravel Piano Concerto in G, Adagio Assai

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I heard to this on the radio tonight and I was promply in tears, as I always am when listening to this piece.  It touches me so deeply. It...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Not a Yoga/Fitness Class Virgin Anymore

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I had never, ever been to a fitness class in my life until today at noon.* And it was a yoga class too... And now I have to tell you that ...
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I saw the sun all right...

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(I'm referring to what I wrote last night , more specifically, to the very first paragraph of that post) and... Guess what? Well, ...

Spring Break is Over :(

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The break is over and daylight savings is here. I usually don't mind it too much, I especially hate it when we switch back and the days ...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

9 Years Ago...

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... I became a mother when Kelvin was born. Here's the birth story that I wrote 6 years ago and that I probably should edit one of thes...
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

I **am** going to Brazil, I **HAVE** to go!!

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This morning, for some strange reason I opened up my dissertation and started reading. Then I emailed a scholar I cite and whom I'd cont...
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Photo Posting in February

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I just finished posting photos for every day in February. I feel bad I didn't finish before midnight (and the end of the month), but I d...
Friday, February 25, 2011

J.S. Bach + Bossa Nova = Sublime

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Eu sei que vou ter amar  [I know I am going to love you] is a marvelously touching bossa nova song composed by Tom Jobim with lyrics by the...
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My Jobbity Job (or a Job is a Job is a Job, Part 2)

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(Part 1 here , if you need a refresher, and thank you so much for your great comment , Laura/Geeky Mom !) First, a self-administered pep t...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Trying to Catch Up (again)

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I've used this blog title before (the browser actually brought it up on its own once I started typing, as if it were reading my mind -- ...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Lethargic

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That's how I've been feeling lately vis-à-vis blogging. For one, I'm not getting enough sleep (I've started a post about tha...
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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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