Today is my second wedding anniversary. And the first one Bülent and I have celebrated together! While last year it felt like a surprise that I had been married for a whole year, this year it doesn’t. Not in a…
Author: Jules
I grew up in rural New England and in my early twenties I moved to Turkey with my boyfriend. I spent six years learning Turkish, and absorbing the culture and country. In 2015 I repatriated and moved back the the US. My (now) husband and I relocated to Austin, Texas. Our son K joined us in 2017 and I am now on the journey of my life.
When I was 10 my mom and dad picked my brother and me up from school one day in January. They told us we were going to the city to buy a generator. Since we had been out of power…
Now that I have been in the U.S. for six months and will be going back to Turkey soon I have been thinking about my experiences when I first went there. I knew after a fair amount of time here…
I’m almost there! After two years of chipping away, my Masters program will be ending in a couple of weeks! I have loved being challenge and learning new skills and methodologies in TESL, but I am ready to have more…
Texas. Even the meat is bigger. BBQ…what were YOU thinking?Last week we had the good fortune to visit some good friends of ours. Bülent flew from Turkey to Dallas and I met him there.When Bülent first moved to the U.S.,…
Last Friday Bülent and I flew to Dallas from our respective cities. We have had a blast visiting with friends in Texas, and made a mini road trip from Dallas, to Austin to San Antonio and back. There will be…
Now that it is summer I have been craving some light salads. I have also been away from Turkey long enough I have been craving Turkish food. I was talking about this dish with my friend the other day and…
So this weekend I had some friends come visit me. One was from Orange County in California and one was from Phoenix, Arizona. They now live in the big, bad city of Worcester, Massachusetts. For those of you not from…
Bülent wanted to make my last weekend in Turkey special, and so planned a lovely getaway for us. We drove up to Istanbul and took a ferry to Büyükada (Big Island.) It is the largest island in the Princes’ Island…
My brother Elliot is a MAN. Clearly he is a man, but now he is super macho. He is in his early 20’s, so he’s no boy. He has always worked and studied hard. He has always dealt with difficult…