Many moons ago, on my previous blog, I wrote a post entitled “Mongolian Habits to Adopt.” I was more than two years into living life in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and didn’t know yet that I would be pushed to leave that country. But here I am in my fourth year of life in İzmir, Turkey! I was recently reflecting upon ALL the things I love about Turkey, and about making a life here. I remembered that…
I can’t believe how fast the month of January sped by this year around. Usually it is a slow month in addition to being one of the darker and longer ones. But alas here we are already one week into the month of February. I usually share much sooner than this what my “word of the year” will be. In case you are unaware of this tradition or habit of mine, here are links to…
After five years of counting down and a solid year of planning and preparations, our Caveney Clan Christmas holiday gathering arrived in late December. This holiday gathering, coined a reunion by the cousin contingent, and rightfully so, was made more meaningful as it was preceded by nearly two years of COVID impacts. We have valued getting together once-every-five-years since 2001 when my father initiated this wonderful plan, now tradition. We pilgrimaged to MI again in…