Today we will explore the places where I go to find tasty treats, to collect medicine, and to pick up beautiful colors to adorn my home (or that of a friend’s). Again, all of these places are located within walking distance from my apartment–two to seven minutes max, for the most part. For most Americans it is a single family home that is the most common type of domicile. Here in Turkey, for those living…
There is another aspect about Turkish life that I love, and which deserves a post all its own. Or rather, a few posts as you’ll see. While I live in a city of 4.5M, I am more connected with my neighborhood community than I was anywhere else I have lived before now. Perhaps that is a product of the fact that life in a big city causes one to participate in a sort of walking-radius…
Some of you may know about this, for others it will be new information and rightly so. No one likes to sit around and use their connection time to complain about aches and pains. But, it is something I have been wrestling with for over two years now. Maybe one of my readers out there will have an idea of something I can try that I don’t yet know about. I have had chronic pain…