Tag Archives: Ottoman Empire

Ottomans in America: 99% of the Karagozis occupy my armchair with music demands

Posted on December 2, 2011 by lizcameron

Yesterday morning, the Karagöz interventionists (as well as the familial ones) encouraged me to stay in bed and prep for class from home so that I would be more rested and have no more near driving misses…some procrastination on class … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 28, 2011 by lizcameron

“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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On comfort in a foreign land – or – comfort in a cabbage leaf

Posted on November 6, 2011 by lizcameron

It is 2 a.m. and I am wide awake.  I am in some anonymous hotel room in Maastricht, in the lower tip of the Netherlands near Brussels, jetlagged to beat the band.  My neighbors are drunk and puking, from the sound of … Continue reading →

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