Empty Nest Expat

"I am Listening to Istanbul" by Orhan Veli Kanik I had a young Turkish teenage friend who was supposed to be learning Engl...

One of my rules of life is that each day must include discovery. I recently moved into a new flat in Istanbul and decided the morning after ...

Recently a friend shared a poem with me that she said reminded her of me. I had never heard of this poem, but upon reading it, I enjoyed t...

What's Latin for "they came, they saw, they charmed?" That's what President and Mrs. Obama did when he spoke to the Czech...

It's getting really ugly in the American election. I come from a loooong line of Republicans; both of my parents were Republican elected...