Nice to meet you — or maybe, welcome back. If you’ve been here before, thank you for sticking around through the silence. If you’re new, here’s a little backstory: I used to have another life, with a different identity —…
Tag: Turkey
A couple of weeks ago, our good friends were visiting from the US and we decided to take a day trip to Amos. Amos is a small village a few miles from here on the coast. In this area of…
I had hoped to keep blogging when I moved back to the U.S. It's obvious that it didn't work out. I was too absorbed in living my life, instead of being an observer, to keep writing. Many things have happened…
I am waking up everyday so excited for our new adventure. It is getting more and more real! I packed up most of the shipment that will be staying in Turkey (at the summer house) as well as the stuff…
Oh my! We have been paring down our belongings. What we are going to ship is already packed! And minimal! We have sold many of the things we will not be taking with us, the rest we will give to…
I talked about the reasons I had not been blogging, and part of it was that I could not fully express myself. We have had plans in the works, but they have been tenuous and uncertain. Bülent and I have…
As you may have noticed, I have not been blogging as frequently. Or at all. Over the last year or so I had slowed down my pace. Partially because I was busy and partially because the main bulk of my…
Fava Bean köftesi, a type of vegetarian köfte. Since we have gone mostly vegetarian I have been trying to find alternatives and interesting food. This seemed to fit the bill, interesting, healthy and seasonal. 400 grams of cooked, shelled fava…
Recently I went on a trip to the Doğa Karadeniz with my brother and husband. I will blog about the places separately from the experience…which was a doozy. While certain parts of the trip were very lovely, it was sort…