I have had a number of thoughts and topics bumping around in my brain this month that I considered writing about but nothing seemed to rise to the surface. Until today. A former student of mine posted the following question on her Facebook page recently: “Women 30 or Older: If you could give one piece of advice to a girl in her early 20’s what would it be?” This question has been around for some…
Last summer I told you the story behind my Sarajevo tattoo. Last weekend I spent over five hours under the tattoo gun to get my newest tattoo. As with the Sarajevo tattoo, I again collaborated with an artist in hopes of capturing my feelings about a place in a tattoo designed by a true artist. While I wish I was artistic myself, my skills end with coloring books and crayons! I leave art to the…
Despite COVID’s attempt to wreck havoc on 2020–both in everyday life and around travel which is what most of us international educators do with our summers–I am here to share about a surprisingly wonderful summer vacation adventure right here in Turkey. I survived the tedious travel necessary to return from the U.S. and self-quarantined for the recommended two weeks. But then my real summer vacation kicked off–a two week trip here in Turkey with my…