I’m laboring away at writing at 10-minute presentation for Thursday about the role of librarians in the 21st century. It’s not that I don’t know what to say (especially not after picking my former boss’s brain a bit yesterday); I think I’ve just got a mental block of some sort since it’s the first big …
Tag Archives: Judaism
Shabbat Shalom!
We made it to our first synagogue experience in Brazil! We went down to the synagogue a bit early (around 5:30; services started at 7) because there are lots of street closures downtown for Carnaval and we weren’t sure how long it would take. We located the synagogue just to make sure we knew where …
The false hope of Carnaval
Wednesday evening, Duck bounced all around me like Tigger until we left for our very first Carnaval experience. He did all the research online and found two blocos (Carnaval block parties) on the other side of our neighborhood (Boston readers: think of our neighborhood as JP, so a smaller segment of the city, but still …
Learning Experiences
Duck and I have discovered many things here about which we have had a 180-degree role reversal. One of these is my sudden and near-total directional challenge in our neighborhood (just our neighborhood, and really just leaving our house – I can usually get home just fine). I have no idea why this is, except …
Location, Location, Location
Things have been a little busy on the family front over here, so there hasn’t been much focus on preparations, but we did secure a place to live! I had reached out to someone who had done a Fulbright in BH a couple of years ago and who was a wealth of information. She gave …
Uma introdução à comida
(An introduction to the food) When in doubt, a children’s librarian turns to… children’s books! I grabbed a book called Foods of Brazil by Christine Roholt from our children’s cooking section because I was curious about this famous feijoada dish. Duck and I have had several conversations about the food in Brazil, especially because I …
Horntoes in Brazil 