Blogs about: Visits From The Karagoz Puppets
Taş gibi: Of language mis-steps, traffic jams and hot Turkish women
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wrote 3 months ago: Taş means stone in Turkish (Image from http://www.resimler.co) “Taş gibi.” I heard this … more →
The Karagöz puppets return...with a kabak and some çapak for my Turkish lesson
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wrote 3 months ago: Kabakler – a number of squash (Image by Liz Cameron) Early yesterday morning as I lay sprawled … more →
Uç kadından biri: One billion Karagöz puppets rising!
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wrote 3 months ago: One billion rising on V-day! (Image from UNLV.EDU) One billion rising. I’ve seen a plethora of these … more →
Keşmekeş: The Karagöz puppets wreak (helpful) havoc
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wrote 4 months ago: The red-hot torture light the puppets are making me sit under until I get this post finished after s … more →
Eggs and Ottoman music: On cultural responsivity gone wrong in one Turkish American marital moment
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wrote 5 months ago: Syrian music band from Ottoman Aleppo, mid 18th century (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today, I really ha … more →
Christmas tree: On overworking cultural competence in a Turkish American marriage
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wrote 5 months ago: My great grandmother’s mercury glass Santa ornament from circa 1899. (Dark and Stormy Image by … more →
Weekly photo challenge: Surprise - meat across the street in Little Armenia
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wrote 5 months ago: Two dudes with a dead lamb, casually draped over the shoulder of the hat guy – in LIttle Armen … more →
Re-blogged From bottledworder: On how much to write
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wrote 5 months ago: Reblogged from bottledworder: There is a time to write and there is a time to stay silent. To not wr … 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 →
Weekly photo challenge: Delicate
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wrote 5 months ago: A delicate balance of stones – at a Buddhist meditation retreat center in rural New England (I … more →
Şekerleme: On the work of both rest and cultural competence in Turkey
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wrote 5 months ago: Now, if I had this in my backyard, I would have no problem with workaholism, no? Must make a living, … more →
On the work of meditation: A Karagöz puppet battle of epic proportions
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wrote 5 months ago: Later today, I am heading out to my first-ever Buddhist weekend meditation retreat in central Massac … more →
Aç ayı oynamaz: A hungry bear won't dance (on working, relaxing and patience)
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wrote 5 months ago: I don’t know if these bears are hungry while they dance – but I take a different spin on … more →
Kolay gelsin: On the hard work of deciding what's the hardest work
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wrote 5 months ago: A few years ago, this was me, I was setting off on a path to the unknown, in between Arsuz and Saman … 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 →
Hacivad Bey consults Rumi on the topic of work
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wrote 5 months ago: Words by Rumi, image by Liz Cameron Silence reigns this Saturday as the majority of the Karagöz pupp … more →
How to relax after a hard day's work? Karagöz chortles and snorts
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wrote 5 months ago: The Slowly-by-Slowly dog is the best one in the house when it comes to relaxing. He likes swaddling, … 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 →
When I found my teaching spark: A Sufi-like exchange with Hacivad Bey on the work of teaching
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wrote 5 months ago: Sparks (Photo credit: Gnal) Today’s writing prompt from Blogher’s December’s NaBloPoMo is: Do … more →
