Empty Nest Expat

On a ferry between two continents  is a great place to read In the last two years, one of the most fun things I have done is get invol...

Loving Life in Chicago Summer of 2014 This summer I spent two-and-a-half months back in America. It was the longest I'd been home...

If one stays in a country long enough as an expat, it's easy to see places where one could contribute. Turkey recently had its 90th an...

Kaya Genç I found this first-person narrative by Kaya Genç of his memories when he did his Turkish military service as a librarian to be...

Today is the big day! Eve Ensler, the creator of the Vagina Monologues (which has raised $80 million for domestic violence charities gl...

President Obama taking the oath of office I notice the race is on for the Obama Presidential Library. The two cities mentioned as possib...

"American Gothic" by Iowa artist Grant Wood   If you live away from where you grew up, have you ever received an invitation...

I was proud to moderate George Orwell's brilliant book "Animal Farm" at Global Minds Book Club  One of the Istanbul...

 Me with fellow expats Catherine Bayar and Anastasia Ashman This week I attended the Istanbul simulcast of the TEDGlobal conference live ...