Last November for Fall Break I once again journeyed to a new city and country to celebrate my birthday with friends. It was time, after more than 25 years, to travel to Serbia. If you have read the previous blog posts (Oct 2018; August 2019) where I shared about my affinity for Bosnia, then you might understand my need to visit the country that was on the other side of what is referred to as…
Tomorrow begins another year. As I shared in my previous post, oftentimes things don’t always go as planned. For 2025 I have selected the word “Value” thanks to a suggestion from my Turkish teacher. As I published the previous post I thought to myself, “hmmm, I guess it is time to think about a new word.” A day or two later my teacher offered up “Value” and I haven’t been able to think of any…
At the end of last year you may recall the reveal of my word for 2024–this was to be the Year of Voice. My intentions were to focus on two aspects of voice: (a) speaking more Turkish and (b) using my authorial voice (doing more writing). My summer plans included staying in a more remote location to do personal writing as well as forcing myself to be amongst villager Turks who speak less English causing…