Sunday, March 30, 2014

24 Years Ago TODAY!!

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I met my husband for the first time at a bus stop in the "Francisco Morato" Avenue in São Paulo (city). My friend was asking me th...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Remember Slavery & the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Today is UNESCO's " International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade ." The ver...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Writing is what I do

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I was thirteen when I first felt the urge to write what I felt (one night I simply had to get up from my bed, grab a pen and a notebook and ...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

"The institution of the faculty wife is alive and well in academic culture. She's an adjunct."

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Ha! I should have a new blog called "The New Faculty Wife," shouldn't I? NAH... are you kidding me? In fact, that line is ...
Monday, March 17, 2014

The End of an Era & Saying Good-Bye

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Yesterday afternoon, after a busy weekend with tons of driving, we said good-bye to my brother-in-law ("K2") and his family by hav...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Leaving the Major Carriers!!

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Almost precisely ten years after going  wireless w e're delighted to finally be able to ditch the major wireless carriers!!  Since 2004 ...

Twelve! (03/09/14)

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Kelvin turned twelve on Sunday and when I told him today that I hadn't had time to blog about his birthday he let out a whining sound (b...
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Thursday, March 13, 2014

The Lamest Spring Break Ever

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I'm mildly depressed at our most boring and "sad" (well, it will end really sadly, more on that later) Spring Break ever. OK,...
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Monday, March 03, 2014

Productive (and Freezing!) Snow Day

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In our first snow-day this year, back on January 21st, we were super, mega productive! I did four loads of laundry and cooked and probably c...
Sunday, March 02, 2014

Murmuration -- for my friend Heidi!

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On January 31st, Heather (Dooce) posted a link to this amazing video and when I watched it I immediately thought of my friend Heidi who had ...
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Prepared

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More snow is coming our way and we're prepared! The extent of the preparation consists of driving the cars into the garage (after bringi...
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Saturday, March 01, 2014

Growing up

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My sons are growing up so fast! :-( (I know, this statement is a total cliche for every parent, but oh, so true.) Especially the eldes...
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

"Com emoção" (with "emotion" = thrills)

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Brazilians or people who have visited Brazil and gone to visit some of its large sand dunes in the Northeast (either in Fortaleza, Natal or ...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Good thing I didn't blog about the "Contingency Saga" yesterday!

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...or I would have cheerfully written that my meeting with NH (new hire) had gone well yesterday afternoon and that it looked like the probl...
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Link Love: Ghosting Assange, Margaret Atwood & Translation, and Women, "Recline!"

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It's been "ages" since I've written a link post, so here you go: It may take you a couple of hours to read, but if you...
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A Beautiful Day For... Line Drying! ;-) (Last Sunday)

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Yesterday and today have been cold and windy and tomorrow will be even colder, but Sunday was LOVELY ! 64 degrees in February is great. So, ...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

The Sad Side of Being "Contingent"

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Part 2 of 2 (1 is here ) I've taught myself not to cringe too much when I use the word contingent to refer to my employment situation,...
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I wish I could go on strike for us contingent faculty too!!!

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(Part 1 of 2, part 2 here ) Thursday morning I had to wake up around 5 am for our ski trip and when NPR started playing in our ( super old ...

Blogging, I Need You!

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You all know that I'm struggling with the whole blogging thing and I'm trying to write about this and even a ccidentally published ...
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Ski Lift Blogging

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I'll come back to post a photo later, but I'm blogging from a ski lift! I came with my sons' school for their ski day while my ...