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Writing about fear: An afternoon excursion in Nişantaşı (Part 2)
Nişantaşı (Image by Isik5 at deviantart.com) Note to readers: This is the second in a series of posts about my writing on fear as part of the worldwide, place-passionate group of writers called #38Wri… more →
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God Made Us Sisters, Heroin Made Us Friends
wrote 3 months ago: As I stood in line at the county jail, I remember how angry I was, how embarrassed I was. I had tol … more →
Writing about fear: An afternoon excursion in Nişantaşı (Part 2)
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wrote 3 months ago: Nişantaşı (Image by Isik5 at deviantart.com) Note to readers: This is the second in a series of post … more →
Insurance Blues
wrote 5 months ago: So, we’ve been trying to get Aetna to approve a MySentry from Medtronic and no matter what we … more →
Yavaş yavaş: On the work of managing childhood trauma
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wrote 5 months ago: A boy and his father facing the waves of Hurricane Sandy Lately, as you well know, dear readers, I a … more →
On escaping the "emotion work" of everyday life in Istanbul
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wrote 5 months ago: A man walking in Istanbul – I wonder about the state of his emotion work with that wonderful a … more →
Of east and west, work and rest in a Turkish-American marriage
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wrote 5 months ago: We often view the role of work, and rest, in what I think are Eastern-informed and Western-informed … more →
Hard work: On the retreat of the Write-a-matrix and the victory of her nemesis, Hacıyatmaz
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wrote 5 months ago: A dark army of roly poly Haciyatmaz warriors – laying in wait in case the Write-a-Matrix comes … more →
Babane, Anane & Kaynana make jam: A lesson in leading, following and collaborating
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wrote 5 months ago: Cooking raspberry jam This month, I am reflecting on work as part of the Blogher NaBloPoMo challenge … more →
Guest Post #1: The Puppets Want to Talk About The Children
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wrote 6 months ago: Deonna Kelli Sayed and her handsome son, Ibrahim. Deonna Kelli Sayed is an American-Muslim writer, a … more →
Turkish women and their hair: A visit to the guzelik salonu
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wrote 6 months ago: This is me no more – I am going back to silver, much to the chagrin of Safiye Rakkas, the vain … more →
We is Karagöz puppets, worried 'bout M'lady, don't speak İngilizce good
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wrote 6 months ago: We is Karagöz puppets, we worried about m’lady. she sleeping now lots. dr. says good. she depr … more →
Kenne, the Queen of Manners and Maintenance of Ladylike behavior - hits the rakı!
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wrote 8 months ago: This is Kenne, the Queen of Manners and Maintenance of Ladylike Behaviors, including etiquette, mind … more →
The puppets get worried, up Turkish tea infusions
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wrote 9 months ago: During the nights, the little cenghi puppets (a.k.a. the little dancing ladies in English) plied me … more →
Death in America, Death in Turkey: The Karagöz puppets work on cultural awareness
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wrote 9 months ago: A few Ottoman Turkish gravestones in Urfa (photo by Liz Cameron) Once nestled into every imaginable … more →
4 Good Days onto 1 Bad
wrote 9 months ago: I knew it was too good to be true. I felt fabulous for 4 days and then at the end of the 5th my skin … more →
Pul biber stockpile: Mercan Bey high-tails it to the Mısır Çarşısı
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wrote 9 months ago: And there he is, Mercan Bey, the spice trader from the Arabian peninsula – oh – wait … more →
Esma sees jasmine vines, but Karagöz focuses on Coca-Cola consumption
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wrote 9 months ago: When I last left you, I had just gotten word from the U.S. that a trip home as soon as possible was … more →
Approaching death in a Turkish-American relationship: Is it time to stir the irmik helvası?
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wrote 9 months ago: A bit of irmik helvası (Photo credit: sofiagk) Surrounded by the puppets and M. on the crinkle-comfo … more →
The grassy keyboard and the glass shards remaining
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wrote 9 months ago: So submerged was I, that it wasn’t until the fiftieth glass shard ratta-tat-tattled tinkety wa … more →
