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On the 4th day of Christmas: Meet Celebi, the modernist

Posted on December 16, 2011 by lizcameron

Yesterday, we met Khadijah, and today, we meet the puppet man to whom she is betrothed – Celebi (the c sounds like a j, so it is “jeh-leh-bee”). Celebi is a modern man. He likes modern clothes, modern thoughts – … Continue reading →

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Driving to Selcuk: On differences in roadtrip preferences in a couple…

Posted on October 14, 2011 by lizcameron

We had been driving for just under an hour – most of which had been spent with me commenting on every little thing by the side of the road that I noticed.  In between sipping on my rosehip juice and … Continue reading →

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2011 Interlude: Lamajuns bridge the culture gap from Cihangir to Watertown, MA

Posted on September 29, 2011 by lizcameron

In my last post, I wrote about the hirsute black radishes gracing our kitchen counter…and about how talking about them with M. caused him to remember his childhood afternoons on the way home from school in Istanbul’s Cihangir neighborhood, when … Continue reading →

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