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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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Rumi’s guidance for road trips


Waking up center of the night, I rose up to quell the humm of the ever-present air conditioner over the door.  Uncharacteristically awake, I couldn’t help but notice the sneak-around-movement of the tiny chorus of dancing ladies.  They had exited their … Continue reading

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Last night in Bodrum Part II: Dodging Breeze snakes and coffee bullets


Snakes of warm breeze slid around me, curiously disconnected from one another.  I felt them swoosh up and down my arms, my palms flat on the table in front of me as if about to play a child’s slapping hand … Continue reading

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