When 2020 arrived nearly a year ago, we had no idea what it had in store for us. The featured image above was from a placemat in Chios where I spent a night exploring the island with a friend visiting from Shanghai. It was just two days before we rang in the New Year, with high hopes and dreams, here in Izmir with a small gathering of friends. Soon it will be a year ago…
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…