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…
As you may recall I traveled to San Francisco in January to visit my sister and newborn niece. That was at the start of Coronavirus, and prior to it being designated a Pandemic. I am grateful I was able to get in, and then out, of California before things blew up. If I remember correctly, I departed on February 6th, just one day before California had its first fatality from COVID-19. I returned to Turkey…