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2011 Interlude: From hairy black radishes to sweet apples and the power of childhood memories


Cross-cultural moments abound in my marriage. While I am not in Turkey right now, they still seem to come fast and furious seven years into this road trip together with M. – the road trip that I am narrating here … Continue reading

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2011 Interlude: Hurricane Irene, Chicken Little and the Tough Turk


If the sound of shivering could be made into sound, that was what was emanating from my purse as the chorus of little dancing lady puppets huddled together upon hearing the sound of the tropical storm outside.  “Will we,” one … Continue reading

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