Category Archives: A Karagöz puppet battle

Lemon and limon, çay and chai: Getting through tough times in a cross-cultural household


It’s been a tough week here at slowly-by-slowly on the extended family front.  I haven’t had a moment to queue or post one of my carefully-written stock posts crafted last summer about the progression of summer 2004 in Turkey with … Continue reading

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After the storm: Karagöz puppets gone wild


It was an otherwise glorious scene, blue skies heading to sunset, hot sun fading towards evening, smooth teal Aegean sea with the beginning pink twinges towards twilight, a litter of white adobe houses taking on the pastel hues of nature … Continue reading

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