Writing Prompts
I’m nearing the halfway mark in my Portuguese class. We’ve had one test so far, another next week, and the two-day midterm exam the first week in April. We...
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A New Semester for Language Lessons
Last Wednesday was a lucky day for me. After an e-mail back-and-forth, I decided that the Elementary Portuguese II class at the University at Albany (where my husband...
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The Place Where I Fell in Love
I take my children to the Maritime Museum, where on the first day of my visit to Lisbon in 2009 I decided that Portugal is one of my favorite places.
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Language Lessons, Part 3: Ana and Martim
Agonizing about a story in my beginning Portuguese class, because that’s what writers do.
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Thanksgiving in Lisbon
While my husband is in Kryzgyrstan, the Fulbright folks and Rachel and her family make sure I’m well taken care of.
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