<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257</id><updated>2012-02-16T00:46:09.128-08:00</updated><category term='Exhibitions/Exposições'/><category term='Spain/Espanha'/><category term='Weekly story/História da semana'/><category term='Art/Arte'/><category term='Illustration/Ilustração'/><category term='Literature/Literatura'/><category term='Routines/Rotinas'/><category term='Inês'/><category term='Me/Eu'/><category term='Going out/Passear'/><category term='Daughters/Filhas'/><category term='Cooking/Cozinha'/><category term='Marta'/><title type='text'>Papercollector</title><subtitle type='html'>Portuguese, born in South-Africa, living in Spain... Welcome to my house, my work and my life.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-7678124696698969044</id><published>2009-06-22T03:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T03:26:22.504-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inês'/><title type='text'>Becoming spanish</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sj9Xb-C3asI/AAAAAAAAALM/QqdEH28MI5Y/s1600-h/Xerxes+007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350091020362541762" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sj9Xb-C3asI/AAAAAAAAALM/QqdEH28MI5Y/s320/Xerxes+007.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We have a cat called Xerxes. The other day I was telling Marta (4) and Inês (2,5) that Xerxes peed in their bath the night before, when Inês looks at him and shouts, very angry: «Don't pee in by bath, HOMBRE ...» Soooooo spanish! &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Temos um gato chamado Xerxes. Há dias estava eu a contar à Marta (4) e à Inês (2,5) que o gato tinha feito chichi na banheira delas a noite passada, quando a Inês se vira para ele e diz, muito zangada. «Não faças chichi na minha banheira, HOMBRE...». Haverá expressão mais espanhola?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-7678124696698969044?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/7678124696698969044/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=7678124696698969044' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7678124696698969044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7678124696698969044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/06/getting-spanish.html' title='Becoming spanish'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sj9Xb-C3asI/AAAAAAAAALM/QqdEH28MI5Y/s72-c/Xerxes+007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-2397735569225117529</id><published>2009-05-23T10:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T03:02:14.879-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marta'/><title type='text'>Pitusco</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ShgsNP2DxUI/AAAAAAAAALE/6hC29SA6Zus/s1600-h/IMG_8362.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339065964350915906" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ShgsNP2DxUI/AAAAAAAAALE/6hC29SA6Zus/s320/IMG_8362.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She did it with play-doh and called it Pitusco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fê-lo com plasticina e chamou-o Pitusco.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-2397735569225117529?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/2397735569225117529/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=2397735569225117529' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/2397735569225117529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/2397735569225117529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/05/pitusco.html' title='Pitusco'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ShgsNP2DxUI/AAAAAAAAALE/6hC29SA6Zus/s72-c/IMG_8362.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-8846979786945272853</id><published>2009-04-02T02:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T03:25:14.623-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Routines/Rotinas'/><title type='text'>Simple things that make me happy/Coisas simples que me fazem feliz</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdSRyO_vwUI/AAAAAAAAAK8/wKn_X62oils/s1600-h/IMG_8204.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320037352036352322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdSRyO_vwUI/AAAAAAAAAK8/wKn_X62oils/s320/IMG_8204.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Inês started wearing panties and is doing just fine ... &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A Inês deixou as fraldas e a coisa está a correr bem ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdSLRvAV-7I/AAAAAAAAAKs/mDZaSWL4FQ0/s1600-h/IMG_8194.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320030196623342514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdSLRvAV-7I/AAAAAAAAAKs/mDZaSWL4FQ0/s320/IMG_8194.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My herbs are growing ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As minhas ervas aromáticas estão a crescer ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-8846979786945272853?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/8846979786945272853/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=8846979786945272853' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8846979786945272853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8846979786945272853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/04/simple-things-that-make-me-happycoisas.html' title='Simple things that make me happy/Coisas simples que me fazem feliz'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdSRyO_vwUI/AAAAAAAAAK8/wKn_X62oils/s72-c/IMG_8204.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-4619508347843418786</id><published>2009-04-01T02:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T02:38:10.712-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Routines/Rotinas'/><title type='text'>About time/Sobre o tempo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdM0uADQA2I/AAAAAAAAAKk/SoPt4AdbjQc/s1600-h/IMG_8200.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319653549746946914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdM0uADQA2I/AAAAAAAAAKk/SoPt4AdbjQc/s320/IMG_8200.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;When I worked everyday at the magazine, time passed very slowly and the day's were very long. Now that I'm working at home, time is running and I can´t seem to catch it. Can anyone help? Any ideas about how to gain time when working at home? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Quando estava a trabalhar na revista, o tempo passava muito devagar, os dias eram muito compridos. Agora que trabalho em casa, o tempo foge e não consigo apanhá-lo. Alguém tem ideias sobre como rentabilizar o tempo em casa? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-4619508347843418786?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/4619508347843418786/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=4619508347843418786' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/4619508347843418786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/4619508347843418786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/04/about-timesobre-o-tempo.html' title='About time/Sobre o tempo'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdM0uADQA2I/AAAAAAAAAKk/SoPt4AdbjQc/s72-c/IMG_8200.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-2368535281558193325</id><published>2009-03-31T01:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T02:20:22.423-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain/Espanha'/><title type='text'>Chollos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319273050043125778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdHaqAMhEBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/XTrLl-D1p1w/s320/IMG_8193.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Quando recebi uma mensagem do colégio da Marta a pedir para trazer «una bolsa de papel de regalo em formato folio» que se vendem nos «chollos», fiquei com duas dúvidas existenciais (é muito estranho não perceber à primeira uma mensagem aparentemente tão simples): do que se tratava exactamente, e o que eram chollos. Pois, o que pediam eram daqueles sacos onde agora toda a gente põe os presentes, e os chollos são nada mais nada menos que as portuguesas lojas dos trezentos, que por aqui também abundam. E que são verdadeiras caixinhas de surpresas. Vejam estes cadernos, com roupas para recortar e vestir as bonecas. As minhas filhas vão gostar. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;When I recieved a message from Marta's school saying to bring «una bolsa de papel de regalo em formato folio», which you can find at «chollos», two doughts crossed my mind (it's strange not to understand immediately a simple message): what were they asking for exactly, and what were chollos. Well, the first refered to those bags were everyone puts gifts nowadays, and the second to those shops that sell everything at very low prices. And look what I found there: these books with clothes to cut and dress the dolls. My daughters are going to like them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-2368535281558193325?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/2368535281558193325/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=2368535281558193325' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/2368535281558193325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/2368535281558193325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/chollos.html' title='Chollos'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdHaqAMhEBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/XTrLl-D1p1w/s72-c/IMG_8193.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-5495952657431656965</id><published>2009-03-30T03:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T03:16:18.335-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weekly story/História da semana'/><title type='text'>Cirilo el Cocodrilo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdCaJf6azGI/AAAAAAAAAKU/AVo6UQThcRs/s1600-h/IMG_8093.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318920647900580962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdCaJf6azGI/AAAAAAAAAKU/AVo6UQThcRs/s320/IMG_8093.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;He was born yellow and wants to be green, like the other crocodiles ... But only until Pink, the bear, chooses him to lead the carnival parade.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nasceu amarelo e quer à força toda ser verde, como os outros crocodilos... Mas só até que Rosa, a ursa, o escolhe para liderar o desfile de carnaval. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-5495952657431656965?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/5495952657431656965/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=5495952657431656965' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/5495952657431656965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/5495952657431656965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/cirilo-el-cocodrilo.html' title='Cirilo el Cocodrilo'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdCaJf6azGI/AAAAAAAAAKU/AVo6UQThcRs/s72-c/IMG_8093.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-5610032066144718700</id><published>2009-03-30T02:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T02:59:45.512-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marta'/><title type='text'>Four/Quatro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdCRtICaAYI/AAAAAAAAAKM/ZLQINZ49nfA/s1600-h/IMG_8145.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318911364362273154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdCRtICaAYI/AAAAAAAAAKM/ZLQINZ49nfA/s320/IMG_8145.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not a handful, but almost. Marta turned four on the 26th. With her I've experienced extreme feelings, good and bad, but I've never been happier, nor felt so alive! &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Não é uma mão cheia, mas quase. A Marta fez quatro anos no passado dia 26. Com ela tenho percorrido o espectro dos sentimentos quase de uma ponta a outra (de ternura desmedida a extrema irritação), mas nunca fui tão feliz, nem me senti tão viva!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-5610032066144718700?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/5610032066144718700/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=5610032066144718700' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/5610032066144718700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/5610032066144718700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/fourquatro.html' title='Four/Quatro'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SdCRtICaAYI/AAAAAAAAAKM/ZLQINZ49nfA/s72-c/IMG_8145.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-1050583551605649987</id><published>2009-03-24T03:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T03:52:30.148-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain/Espanha'/><title type='text'>19 Marzo, San José</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sci26mj0WQI/AAAAAAAAAKE/k1OTz0ZK4r8/s1600-h/IMG_8099.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316700478010317058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sci26mj0WQI/AAAAAAAAAKE/k1OTz0ZK4r8/s320/IMG_8099.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;This post is about one week late ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;In various communities in Spain, the 19th of March, Fathers Day, is holiday. There was a long weekend here in Ciudad Real, schools were closed thursday and friday. I couldn´t imagine the day to be so important, but in fact it's a religious holiday (San Jose's day, father of Jesus). The funny thing though, was when my husband, who's called José, started to recieve messages in the mobile phone congratulating him. For being a father? No, for being called José! Everytime they celebrate a certain saint's day here in Spain, the custom is to congratulate people you know who have the same name.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Este post está atrasado quase uma semana ...&lt;/div&gt;Em várias comunidades de Espanha o dia 19 de Março, Dia do Pai, é feriado. Aqui em Ciudad Real houve fim-de-semana prolongado, as escolas encerraram quinta e sexta-feira. Nunca pensei que o dia fosse assim tão importante (não menosprezando a importância da paternidade), mas na realidade é um feriado religioso (dia de São José, pai de Jesús). O mais engraçado, porém, foi quando o meu marido, que se chama José, começou a receber vários sms de felicitações. A felicitá-lo por ser pai? Não, por ser José! Cada vez que se celebra o dia de um determiando santo aqui em Espanha, é costume felicitar as pessoas que têm o mesmo nome. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-1050583551605649987?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/1050583551605649987/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=1050583551605649987' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/1050583551605649987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/1050583551605649987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/19-marzo-san-jose.html' title='19 Marzo, San José'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sci26mj0WQI/AAAAAAAAAKE/k1OTz0ZK4r8/s72-c/IMG_8099.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-584937452795427381</id><published>2009-03-18T08:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T09:07:30.237-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustration/Ilustração'/><title type='text'>Susana escreve</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ScEbexU4pxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/MFW36V6-urM/s1600-h/IMG_8042.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314559250724857618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ScEbexU4pxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/MFW36V6-urM/s320/IMG_8042.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Há árvores com raízes no ar que se alimentam da água da chuva.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A essas árvores, os pássaros chegam sempre atrasados.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Melhor, as árvores é que chegam sempre atrasadas aos pássaros.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dentro do reino vegetal, são as únicas que não pertencem nem a uma família nem a um género.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Têm uma tribo mas andam sempre sós.&lt;br /&gt;Ainda ninguém deu nome às árvores ciganas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Talvez porque ainda ninguém as viu.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mas existem.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;E sentimos o seu movimento nas noites de lua nova, quando os peixes vêm à praia e vagueamos até de madrugada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Text/Texto: Susana Torrão&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Illustration/Ilustração: Carla Alves Ribeiro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-584937452795427381?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/584937452795427381/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=584937452795427381' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/584937452795427381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/584937452795427381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/susana-escreve.html' title='Susana escreve'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ScEbexU4pxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/MFW36V6-urM/s72-c/IMG_8042.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-8416762446883579706</id><published>2009-03-17T02:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T02:59:32.348-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Me/Eu'/><title type='text'>Me in the mirror</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sb90SyZPhJI/AAAAAAAAAJs/HwGh1qI-6jA/s1600-h/IMG_8028.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314093951434589330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sb90SyZPhJI/AAAAAAAAAJs/HwGh1qI-6jA/s320/IMG_8028.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; What have I been doing, one might ask. Searching for a new path is the answer. Not an easy job ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;O que tenho feito, poder-se-á perguntar. À procura de um novo caminho é a resposta. Um trabalho nada fácil ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-8416762446883579706?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/8416762446883579706/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=8416762446883579706' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8416762446883579706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8416762446883579706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/me-in-mirror.html' title='Me in the mirror'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sb90SyZPhJI/AAAAAAAAAJs/HwGh1qI-6jA/s72-c/IMG_8028.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-4018511140632497383</id><published>2009-03-16T02:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T02:53:02.861-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marta'/><title type='text'>La gota curiosa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sb4gcZjaHSI/AAAAAAAAAJk/vWIi6ex81gE/s1600-h/IMG_7967.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313720282611588386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sb4gcZjaHSI/AAAAAAAAAJk/vWIi6ex81gE/s320/IMG_7967.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The weekly story and Marta's drawing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A história da semana e o desenho da Marta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-4018511140632497383?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/4018511140632497383/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=4018511140632497383' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/4018511140632497383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/4018511140632497383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/la-gota-curiosa.html' title='La gota curiosa'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sb4gcZjaHSI/AAAAAAAAAJk/vWIi6ex81gE/s72-c/IMG_7967.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-4584498921580742083</id><published>2009-03-15T02:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T05:06:51.116-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Going out/Passear'/><title type='text'>Lagunas de Ruidera</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sbzq3R_5JAI/AAAAAAAAAJU/eIMM3qZiq4Q/s1600-h/IMG_7879.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313379895835436034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sbzq3R_5JAI/AAAAAAAAAJU/eIMM3qZiq4Q/s320/IMG_7879.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313354725537249586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbzT-LVKeTI/AAAAAAAAAI8/Oj_GxLHvK7c/s320/IMG_7865.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313382362459047186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbztG24yhRI/AAAAAAAAAJc/qeRaik66_BQ/s320/IMG_7916.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313352790522129778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbzSNi1m7XI/AAAAAAAAAIs/etjRpwOrPXQ/s320/IMG_7910.JPG" border="0" /&gt;They spread over 25 km, in the provinces of Ciudad Real and Albacete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Extendem-se ao longo de 25 km, nas províncias de Ciudad Real e Albacete.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-4584498921580742083?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/4584498921580742083/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=4584498921580742083' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/4584498921580742083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/4584498921580742083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/lagunas-de-ruidera.html' title='Lagunas de Ruidera'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sbzq3R_5JAI/AAAAAAAAAJU/eIMM3qZiq4Q/s72-c/IMG_7879.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-5673037142699359760</id><published>2009-03-12T03:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T09:25:58.687-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marta'/><title type='text'>Letters/Letras</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbjsCbhKweI/AAAAAAAAAIc/MNfdMmxKr-8/s1600-h/IMG_7861.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312255286974267874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbjsCbhKweI/AAAAAAAAAIc/MNfdMmxKr-8/s320/IMG_7861.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;«Mommy, I made a Z », said Marta, very proud of herself. &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;«Mamã, fiz um Z», disse a Marta, muito orgulhosa si própria.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-5673037142699359760?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/5673037142699359760/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=5673037142699359760' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/5673037142699359760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/5673037142699359760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/lettersletras.html' title='Letters/Letras'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbjsCbhKweI/AAAAAAAAAIc/MNfdMmxKr-8/s72-c/IMG_7861.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-9065124288871904619</id><published>2009-03-12T03:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T03:49:24.717-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Going out/Passear'/><title type='text'>Domingo de Pinata</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbjoYA3ruFI/AAAAAAAAAIE/aa8TImIeNv4/s1600-h/IMG_7849.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312251259731556434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbjoYA3ruFI/AAAAAAAAAIE/aa8TImIeNv4/s320/IMG_7849.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sbjl4Usv5XI/AAAAAAAAAH0/-R4DgoNcUpA/s1600-h/IMG_7799.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312248516275332466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sbjl4Usv5XI/AAAAAAAAAH0/-R4DgoNcUpA/s320/IMG_7799.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbjkseCU_qI/AAAAAAAAAHs/1Sulu_fG0JY/s1600-h/IMG_7791.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312247213111705250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbjkseCU_qI/AAAAAAAAAHs/1Sulu_fG0JY/s320/IMG_7791.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sbjj5MTWnuI/AAAAAAAAAHk/PBLAH6tI8sY/s1600-h/IMG_7823.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312246332177948386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Sbjj5MTWnuI/AAAAAAAAAHk/PBLAH6tI8sY/s320/IMG_7823.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;On the first sunday after carnaval day there's a big parade in Ciudad Real. It's called «Domingo de Pinata». People come and participate from all over the Province. This year, because of the rain, it took place on Sunday the 8th, instead of Sunday the 1st. A good excuse to go out and walk through the city streets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;No primeiro domingo depois do dia do entrudo, realiza-se, em Ciudad Real, um desfile de carnaval, a que deram o nome de Domingo de Pinata. Participam várias localidades da província. Este ano, por causa da chuva, o desfile teve lugar no domingo 8, em vez de no domingo 1. Um bom pretexto para percorrer as ruas da cidade.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-9065124288871904619?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/9065124288871904619/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=9065124288871904619' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/9065124288871904619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/9065124288871904619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/domingo-de-pinata_12.html' title='Domingo de Pinata'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbjoYA3ruFI/AAAAAAAAAIE/aa8TImIeNv4/s72-c/IMG_7849.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-7571155096488385757</id><published>2009-03-07T01:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-07T01:22:28.295-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marta'/><title type='text'>A story a week/Uma história por semana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbI6dRHH3TI/AAAAAAAAAHU/zhq86yPX4mA/s1600-h/IMG_7762.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310371185107131698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbI6dRHH3TI/AAAAAAAAAHU/zhq86yPX4mA/s320/IMG_7762.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbI5OcCOvHI/AAAAAAAAAHM/cfe-vzA9t-c/s1600-h/IMG_7752.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310369830829735026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbI5OcCOvHI/AAAAAAAAAHM/cfe-vzA9t-c/s320/IMG_7752.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Marta's class created it's one library. Every Thursday they bring a book home do read. The story has to be taken back on Monday, together with a drawing about it. Good idea!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Na sala da Marta foi criada uma biblioteca. Todas as quintas-feiras trazem um livro para casa. A história tem que ser devolvida na segunda-feira, junto com um desenho sobre ela. Boa ideia!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-7571155096488385757?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/7571155096488385757/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=7571155096488385757' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7571155096488385757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7571155096488385757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/story-weekuma-historia-por-semana.html' title='A story a week/Uma história por semana'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SbI6dRHH3TI/AAAAAAAAAHU/zhq86yPX4mA/s72-c/IMG_7762.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-5229567589611893185</id><published>2009-03-02T01:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T01:45:43.971-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Going out/Passear'/><title type='text'>Molinos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Saup_qbX_2I/AAAAAAAAAHE/YwHZmaLmugs/s1600-h/IMG_7724.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308523496972222306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Saup_qbX_2I/AAAAAAAAAHE/YwHZmaLmugs/s320/IMG_7724.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the land of D. Quixote - La Mancha - windmills, of course! These are in Campo Criptana, province of Ciudad Real.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Em terras de D. Quixote - La Mancha - moinhos, pois claro! Estes estão em Campo Criptana, província de Ciudad Real.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-5229567589611893185?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/5229567589611893185/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=5229567589611893185' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/5229567589611893185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/5229567589611893185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/03/molinos.html' title='Molinos'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/Saup_qbX_2I/AAAAAAAAAHE/YwHZmaLmugs/s72-c/IMG_7724.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-837151944999054347</id><published>2009-02-25T02:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T03:02:55.962-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Routines/Rotinas'/><title type='text'>Back home/De regresso a casa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SaUedOcwHWI/AAAAAAAAAG8/LaXJHLlkFAo/s1600-h/IMG_7678.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306681223369727330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SaUedOcwHWI/AAAAAAAAAG8/LaXJHLlkFAo/s320/IMG_7678.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Everytime we go back to Portugal for a visit, my daughters love it. They enjoy being with the family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins), and they really feel at home in our house there. Even the cat (Xerxes) jumps with joy when we arrive. There's good things and bad things from moving to another country. Learning a new language is one of the good things; being far from family and friends is definitely the worst part of the whole experience. If we had moved to a more cosmopolitan city, with a greater mixture of cultures, may be it would be easier to make friends. But we live in a small city in Castilha La Mancha, and people are very much turned to themselves and families. They're note very used do deal with foreigners. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Cada vez que voltamos a Portugal para uma visita, as minhas filhas adoram-no. Gostam de estar com a família (avós, tias, tios, primos), e sentem-se bem na casa que mantemos lá. Até o gato (Xerxes) dá pulos de alegria quando chegamos. Há coisas boas e más quando se muda para outro País. Aprender uma nova língua é uma das boas; estar longe de família e amigos é, definitivamente, a pior parte de toda a experiência. Se tivéssemos mudado para uma cidade mais cosmopolita, com uma mistura maior de diferentes culturas, talvez fosse mais fácil fazer amigos. Mas vivemos numa pequena cidade de Castilha La Mancha, e as pessoas são muito viradas para si próprias e para as suas famílias. Não estão muito habituadas a lidar com estrangeiros. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-837151944999054347?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/837151944999054347/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=837151944999054347' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/837151944999054347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/837151944999054347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/02/back-homede-regresso-casa.html' title='Back home/De regresso a casa'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SaUedOcwHWI/AAAAAAAAAG8/LaXJHLlkFAo/s72-c/IMG_7678.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-6658387013638257077</id><published>2009-02-16T02:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T03:34:14.024-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Arte'/><title type='text'>Me at Arco 09</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvpPMj6t0I/AAAAAAAAAGk/X_cPN_BTTs4/s1600-h/IMG_7630.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304089433438074690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvpPMj6t0I/AAAAAAAAAGk/X_cPN_BTTs4/s320/IMG_7630.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Madrid art fair endend on Monday. Let me share with you some of the works that caught my eye (for various reasons), among many, many others. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A feira de arte de Madrid terminou segunda-feira. Deixem-me partilhar com vocês algumas das obras que chamaram a minha atenção (por várias razões), entre muitas, muitas, outras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jitish Kallat&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304088473770823762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvoXVhakFI/AAAAAAAAAGc/SGKu3V5waVA/s320/IMG_7609.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Sophia Tabatadze &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304087701288790738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvnqXzWKtI/AAAAAAAAAGU/Rc1UrK8MvN4/s320/IMG_7632.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Ryan Mendonza &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304086848746982658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvm4v1ijQI/AAAAAAAAAGM/gXuWnomD5aE/s320/IMG_7641.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Manolo Valdés &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304085496582586370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvlqCobQAI/AAAAAAAAAGE/QZkxmQmc1RE/s320/IMG_7643.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Eduardo Chillida &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304084548498863058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvky2vps9I/AAAAAAAAAF8/Mp2IwZVDja4/s320/IMG_7644.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Xavi Munõz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304081557320731794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZviEvvNjJI/AAAAAAAAAF0/O2-3cDpLy4o/s320/IMG_7646.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lia Anna Hennin&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304095685231060882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvu7GThJ5I/AAAAAAAAAG0/HWidfLVGDS4/s320/IMG_7647.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-6658387013638257077?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/6658387013638257077/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=6658387013638257077' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/6658387013638257077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/6658387013638257077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/02/me-at-arco-09.html' title='Me at Arco 09'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZvpPMj6t0I/AAAAAAAAAGk/X_cPN_BTTs4/s72-c/IMG_7630.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-662256671144725207</id><published>2009-02-12T06:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T07:07:19.184-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Literature/Literatura'/><title type='text'>Writers/Escritores</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZQxR7URgVI/AAAAAAAAAFU/gfwBTIdjc-U/s1600-h/IMG_7561.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301916845372178770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZQxR7URgVI/AAAAAAAAAFU/gfwBTIdjc-U/s320/IMG_7561.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Los Papeles de Agua (Antonio Gala); Atonement (Ian McEwan); The End of the Affair (Graham Green); Death in Venice (Thomas Mann). What do these four novels have in common? Writers. The main characters are writers. Deyanira, Briony, Bendrix and Von Aschenbach. Why do novelists have the urge to write about people that do what they do? Los Papeles de Agua and Death in Venice share another peculiarity: they both take place in Venice. This italian city exerts tremendous fascination over writers. And now I recall another story that happens in Venice: Across the River and into the Trees, by Ernest Hemingway. These are great books that I read over and over and never get tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los Papeles de Agua (Antonio Gala); Expiação (Ian McEwan); O Fim da Aventura (Graham Green); Morte em Veneza (Thomas Mann). O que têm estes quatro romances em comum? Escritores. As personagens principais são escritores. Deyanira, Briony, Bendrix e Von Aschenbach. O que leva os romancistas a escrever sobre pessoas com o mesmo ofício que o seu?Los Papeles de Agua e Morte em Veneza têm ainda outra particularidade: passam-se ambos em Veneza. Esta cidade italiana excerce um enorme fascínio sobre os escritores. E de repente lembro-me de um outro livro cuja acção também decorre em Veneza: Na outra Margem, entre as Árvores, de Ernest Hemingway. Para mim são todos grandes livros, que leio e releio sem nunca me cansar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-662256671144725207?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/662256671144725207/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=662256671144725207' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/662256671144725207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/662256671144725207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/02/writersescritores.html' title='Writers/Escritores'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SZQxR7URgVI/AAAAAAAAAFU/gfwBTIdjc-U/s72-c/IMG_7561.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-3338576476774597771</id><published>2009-01-14T03:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T04:06:57.159-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Routines/Rotinas'/><title type='text'>From my window/Da minha janela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SW3UznoIATI/AAAAAAAAAFE/cHGtdgZJnAk/s1600-h/IMG_7349.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291119120505897266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SW3UznoIATI/AAAAAAAAAFE/cHGtdgZJnAk/s320/IMG_7349.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you're one of my improbable readers, don´t loose your patience, this blog isn´t dead. After three weeks at home (Portugal), I'm back to Spain, to more quieter day's and, I hope, more inspired ones too. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Se é um dos meus improváveis leitores, não perca a paciência, este blog não morreu. Após três semanas em Portugal, estou de volta a Espanha, a dias mais calmos e, espero eu, mais inspirados. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-3338576476774597771?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/3338576476774597771/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=3338576476774597771' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/3338576476774597771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/3338576476774597771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2009/01/from-my-windowda-minha-janela.html' title='From my window/Da minha janela'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SW3UznoIATI/AAAAAAAAAFE/cHGtdgZJnAk/s72-c/IMG_7349.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-754459897599068176</id><published>2008-12-16T02:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T12:24:25.580-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daughters/Filhas'/><title type='text'>Beautiful two</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SUeEkIHDA_I/AAAAAAAAAE0/eoHX-WXMY7o/s1600-h/IMG_7234.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280334844302394354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 162px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SUeEkIHDA_I/AAAAAAAAAE0/eoHX-WXMY7o/s320/IMG_7234.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Inês turned two on Saturday. I have no words to describe her. I love her very much.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A Inês fez dois anos no Sábado. Não tenho palavras para a descrever. Amo-a muito.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-754459897599068176?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/754459897599068176/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=754459897599068176' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/754459897599068176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/754459897599068176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/12/beautiful-two.html' title='Beautiful two'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SUeEkIHDA_I/AAAAAAAAAE0/eoHX-WXMY7o/s72-c/IMG_7234.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-8341066806840264866</id><published>2008-12-11T06:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T06:04:58.131-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Arte'/><title type='text'>Dancers with hoop, balls and ribbon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SUEdr5po-5I/AAAAAAAAAEs/SPAnXO6d8KU/s1600-h/IMG_7241.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278532878301985682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SUEdr5po-5I/AAAAAAAAAEs/SPAnXO6d8KU/s320/IMG_7241.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-8341066806840264866?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/8341066806840264866/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=8341066806840264866' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8341066806840264866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8341066806840264866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/12/dancers-with-hoop-balls-and-ribbon.html' title='Dancers with hoop, balls and ribbon'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SUEdr5po-5I/AAAAAAAAAEs/SPAnXO6d8KU/s72-c/IMG_7241.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-7346582076033651851</id><published>2008-12-10T02:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T03:14:58.012-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cooking/Cozinha'/><title type='text'>Cook, creative/Cozinheiro, criativo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ST-bwphfDkI/AAAAAAAAAEk/2m1Zh9N2SHQ/s1600-h/IMG_7234.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278108548383837762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ST-bwphfDkI/AAAAAAAAAEk/2m1Zh9N2SHQ/s320/IMG_7234.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The only household chore I enjoy is cooking. I guess it's because compared with dusting, cleaning and doing the laundry, you can be creative. It's interesting, but I've found that people that like to cook always have some kind of artistic inclination. Now that I have more time, I want to upgrade my cooking, trying new ingredientes and methods. To start with, I'm growing my own herbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A única tarefa doméstica de que gosto é cozinhar. Suponho que seja pelo facto de abrir espaço a alguma creatividade, em comparação com limpar o pó, aspirar ou tratar da roupa. É curioso, mas tenho verificado que normalmente quem gosta de cozinhar tem inclinações artísticas. Agora que tenho mais tempo, gostava de atingir outro nível culinário, experimentando novos ingredientes e métodos. Para começar vou cultivar as minhas próprias ervas aromáticas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-7346582076033651851?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/7346582076033651851/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=7346582076033651851' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7346582076033651851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7346582076033651851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/12/cook-creativecozinheiro-criativo.html' title='Cook, creative/Cozinheiro, criativo'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/ST-bwphfDkI/AAAAAAAAAEk/2m1Zh9N2SHQ/s72-c/IMG_7234.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-1606789154600376092</id><published>2008-12-03T15:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T15:33:17.050-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Arte'/><title type='text'># 000</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STcXA_EnzxI/AAAAAAAAAEc/bD9sLXGZDhw/s1600-h/IMG_6631.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275710794186084114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STcXA_EnzxI/AAAAAAAAAEc/bD9sLXGZDhw/s320/IMG_6631.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;(Thanks Chris for the picture)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-1606789154600376092?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/1606789154600376092/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=1606789154600376092' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/1606789154600376092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/1606789154600376092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/12/000.html' title='# 000'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STcXA_EnzxI/AAAAAAAAAEc/bD9sLXGZDhw/s72-c/IMG_6631.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-7835732863283876047</id><published>2008-12-03T14:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T15:29:43.459-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Routines/Rotinas'/><title type='text'>Clumsy/Desastrada</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275706974725065954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STcTiqeJzOI/AAAAAAAAAEU/WoG5MReHFVw/s320/Grrrr.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I let my camera fall and broke the lens. No pictures of mine here in the following weeks...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Deixei cair a máquina fotográfica e estraguei a lente. Nas próximas semanas não haverá fotografias minhas aqui...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-7835732863283876047?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/7835732863283876047/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=7835732863283876047' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7835732863283876047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7835732863283876047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/12/clumsydesastrada.html' title='Clumsy/Desastrada'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STcTiqeJzOI/AAAAAAAAAEU/WoG5MReHFVw/s72-c/Grrrr.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-8078036547846760312</id><published>2008-12-01T02:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T02:26:21.373-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Arte'/><title type='text'>Jack in the box</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STO7pGqRMgI/AAAAAAAAAD8/oiOTkkNAsNg/s1600-h/IMG_7181.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274765903417913858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STO7pGqRMgI/AAAAAAAAAD8/oiOTkkNAsNg/s320/IMG_7181.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-8078036547846760312?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/8078036547846760312/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=8078036547846760312' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8078036547846760312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8078036547846760312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/12/jack-in-box.html' title='Jack in the box'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STO7pGqRMgI/AAAAAAAAAD8/oiOTkkNAsNg/s72-c/IMG_7181.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-6093730356138314422</id><published>2008-11-30T02:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T02:19:14.426-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Routines/Rotinas'/><title type='text'>Never say never.../Nunca digas nunca...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STJrkHGZ0oI/AAAAAAAAAD0/DVys7BKCEQ8/s1600-h/IMG_7197.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274396381729641090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STJrkHGZ0oI/AAAAAAAAAD0/DVys7BKCEQ8/s320/IMG_7197.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Plastic table towels. I've always hated them and swore never to have one. Until last week. A few years and two kids later, I have to admit: between having to wash a towel everyday, stopping my kids from eating by themselves or swallowing my pride, I chose the last. Be it, at least, with style ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Toalhas de mesa plásticas. Sempre odiei e jurei para mim mesma que nunca teria uma. Até quinta-feira da semana passada. Muitos anos e duas filhas depois, tive que dar o braço a torcer: entre pôr uma toalha de mesa para lavar todos os dias (com nódoas que já não saem), impedir as minhas filhas de comerem sozinhas, ou engolir um grande sapo, optei pela última hipótese. Ao menos que seja com estilo...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-6093730356138314422?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/6093730356138314422/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=6093730356138314422' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/6093730356138314422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/6093730356138314422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/11/never-say-nevernunca-digas-nunca.html' title='Never say never.../Nunca digas nunca...'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/STJrkHGZ0oI/AAAAAAAAAD0/DVys7BKCEQ8/s72-c/IMG_7197.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-7176085185270519343</id><published>2008-11-28T02:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T02:22:05.093-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Arte'/><title type='text'>Yellow and orange on a rainy day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SS_EYns38iI/AAAAAAAAADs/H257XuayJLQ/s1600-h/IMG_7172.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273649615927243298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SS_EYns38iI/AAAAAAAAADs/H257XuayJLQ/s320/IMG_7172.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-7176085185270519343?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/7176085185270519343/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=7176085185270519343' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7176085185270519343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7176085185270519343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/11/yellow-and-orange-on-rainy-day.html' title='Yellow and orange on a rainy day'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SS_EYns38iI/AAAAAAAAADs/H257XuayJLQ/s72-c/IMG_7172.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-8593725467731912980</id><published>2008-11-26T01:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T02:22:39.645-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Arte'/><title type='text'># 00</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SS0etZ15olI/AAAAAAAAADk/FZBTLaJTMWM/s1600-h/IMG_7161.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272904504100627026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SS0etZ15olI/AAAAAAAAADk/FZBTLaJTMWM/s320/IMG_7161.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-8593725467731912980?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/8593725467731912980/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=8593725467731912980' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8593725467731912980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8593725467731912980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/11/00.html' title='# 00'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SS0etZ15olI/AAAAAAAAADk/FZBTLaJTMWM/s72-c/IMG_7161.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-7308815892545537685</id><published>2008-11-25T01:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T02:04:33.226-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Routines/Rotinas'/><title type='text'>Café con leche</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSvM8GC75LI/AAAAAAAAADU/vcYXiV39SeU/s1600-h/IMG_7117.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272533121554441394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSvM8GC75LI/AAAAAAAAADU/vcYXiV39SeU/s320/IMG_7117.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Is there anything better then a hot cup of coffee with milk in the morning? I love mornings, and mine always begin this way...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Há alguma coisa melhor que um café com leite, bem quente, de manhã? Adoro as manhãs, e as minhas começam sempre desta maneira...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-7308815892545537685?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/7308815892545537685/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=7308815892545537685' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7308815892545537685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/7308815892545537685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/11/caf-con-leche.html' title='Café con leche'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSvM8GC75LI/AAAAAAAAADU/vcYXiV39SeU/s72-c/IMG_7117.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-8903233837542729573</id><published>2008-11-24T04:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T02:23:03.027-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Arte'/><title type='text'># zero</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqf9BTWRRI/AAAAAAAAACs/-0so0MM7VOo/s1600-h/IMG_7151.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272202184461010194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqf9BTWRRI/AAAAAAAAACs/-0so0MM7VOo/s320/IMG_7151.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Paper, scissors and glue. This is what I'm going to continue working on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Papel, tesoura e cola. É nisto que vou continuar a trabalhar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqfpgMogvI/AAAAAAAAACk/zLNctPqxzdA/s1600-h/IMG_7148.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-8903233837542729573?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/8903233837542729573/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=8903233837542729573' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8903233837542729573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/8903233837542729573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/11/zero.html' title='# zero'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqf9BTWRRI/AAAAAAAAACs/-0so0MM7VOo/s72-c/IMG_7151.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-1287614281691147541</id><published>2008-11-24T02:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T02:23:31.347-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Arte'/><title type='text'>Paper scraps/Restos de papel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqRYweodLI/AAAAAAAAACM/UqsgNUG1fwk/s1600-h/IMG_7169.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272186168306857138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqRYweodLI/AAAAAAAAACM/UqsgNUG1fwk/s320/IMG_7169.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;What for some is garbage destined to the paper bin, for others is work material...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;O que para uns é lixo destinado ao caixote do lixo, para outros é material de trabalho...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-1287614281691147541?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/1287614281691147541/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=1287614281691147541' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/1287614281691147541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/1287614281691147541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/11/paper-scrapsrestos-de-papel.html' title='Paper scraps/Restos de papel'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqRYweodLI/AAAAAAAAACM/UqsgNUG1fwk/s72-c/IMG_7169.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-3018470876833271112</id><published>2008-11-24T02:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T03:33:16.336-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daughters/Filhas'/><title type='text'>Fairy's/Fadas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqF72ZDDMI/AAAAAAAAABs/S1qPaH6R9A4/s1600-h/IMG_7126.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272173577049935042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 237px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqF72ZDDMI/AAAAAAAAABs/S1qPaH6R9A4/s320/IMG_7126.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marta, my oldest daughter (she'll turn 4 in March), is in love with fairy's, princesses and ballet dancers. The other day she was talking in her sleep. I asked her if she was okay and she answered: «I have no wings and want some».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Marta, a minha filha mais velha (fará 4 anos em Março) está na fase das fadas, princesas e bailarinas. Há dias estava a falar enquanto dormia. Perguntei-lhe se estava tudo bem e ela respondeu: «Não tenho asas e queria ter...».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-3018470876833271112?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/3018470876833271112/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=3018470876833271112' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/3018470876833271112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/3018470876833271112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/11/fairysfadas.html' title='Fairy&apos;s/Fadas'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSqF72ZDDMI/AAAAAAAAABs/S1qPaH6R9A4/s72-c/IMG_7126.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107145200150957257.post-659399267920212088</id><published>2008-11-21T02:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T02:53:18.157-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions/Exposições'/><title type='text'>Degas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSaiOGmvNlI/AAAAAAAAABU/xUfqAibnkVg/s1600-h/IMG_7086.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271078777058702930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSaiOGmvNlI/AAAAAAAAABU/xUfqAibnkVg/s320/IMG_7086.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've always loved the work of Edgar Degas, the french artist of the end of the 19th century. In Madrid, in the Fundación Mapfre (Paseo de Recoletos, 23) you can see an exhibition (until January the 6th) of some of his works, mainly studies, sketches and bronze sculptures of ballet dancers and horses. It's all about movement...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;div&gt;Very interesting is Nicholas Nixon's foto serie The Brown Sisters, now belonging to Mapfre foundation, exhibited in the lower level of the building. You can follow the aging process of four women (the artists wife and her three sisters) from 1975 up to 2007. One picture for every year, totalling 33. Weight gain, wrinckles, white hair...The body changes (and the clothes, the hairstyles...), but the way in which each one of them faces the camera stays the same. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;While looking at the pictures, a spanish man started talking to me saying «they would never let me do this...», with a smile in his face. It took me a while to figure out what he was saying (referring to his wife, I suppose). I must haved looked at him in a awkward way, because he patted my arm and left. I'm a very slow reactor in these situations....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2107145200150957257-659399267920212088?l=papercollector.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/feeds/659399267920212088/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2107145200150957257&amp;postID=659399267920212088' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/659399267920212088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2107145200150957257/posts/default/659399267920212088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://papercollector.blogspot.com/2008/11/degas.html' title='Degas'/><author><name>Carla Alves Ribeiro</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15776163263606199918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kG-GgXfIIZo/SSaiOGmvNlI/AAAAAAAAABU/xUfqAibnkVg/s72-c/IMG_7086.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
