Category Archives: Visits from the Karagöz puppets

Şekerleme: Prescription from the Karagözis


It is 5 a.m. and though exhausted still after 7 hours of sleep, I am fitful. Before I realize that I am semi-awake, I sense the puppets. They are all lined up behind my head, up on the windowsill behind … Continue reading

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A Karagözi intervention after multitasking with meatballs


Today was not my finest driving day.  Let me start by saying that despite being constantly exhausted and ready for a 2 hour nap just about any time of day, somehow, I am starting to get things done.  While the … Continue reading

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Spindizzy in the Maastricht fog with the Karagöz puppets by my side


“Just keep your eyes shut, it’s warm in here.”  That’s all I could think.  The eyes seemed to be cemented shut but the charcoal glow of the behind the eyelids place I found myself in was pretty alluring, so I wasn’t … Continue reading

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