Category Archives: Visits from the Karagöz puppets

Guest Post #1: The Puppets Want to Talk About The Children


Today, the Karagoz puppet troupe and I are so very honored to share an essay written by our e-friend, Deonna Kelli Sayed.  Deonna was kind enough to offer to write a guest post for me while my shoulder/writing capacity heals. … Continue reading

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Originally posted on Life of refinement:
“Yeah, that’s deep, deep stuff.” I like the idea of the Sesame Street folks carving out the time to produce such a segment.  Who pitches such an idea? Who approves such an idea?  It…

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The Karagöz puppets stage a coup d’état: Guest blog, anyone?


We Karagöz puppet troupe had muffin. Well we had that American thing yes, cranberry orange, but strange bug call spellcheck on jumpy iPhone toy make “enough” to this muffin word. We giggle . But we done. We done play easy … Continue reading

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