April 2021
There was so much optimism in March but it quickly spiraled in April, with case numbers rising and…
May 14, 2021
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March 2021
A year ago, the world changed. And a year on, we’re still in some sort of lockdown in…
April 10, 2021
February 2021
The shortest month somehow felt long this year, maybe because time continues to be sort of irrelevant and,…
March 8, 2021
January 2021
I returned to an Istanbul under curfew, with continuing weekend lockdowns. While so many of my friends are…
February 9, 2021
December 2020
I spent all of December in the US, home with my family, and it was perfect. I’ve never…
January 5, 2021
November 2020
It was a strange, disjointed month. I started in Istanbul and ended in the US, with a long…
December 8, 2020
October 2020
The endless summer finally cooled, quickly, into autumn, and I spent the whole month in Istanbul in that…
November 8, 2020
September 2020
After a whirlwind summer, I stayed mostly in Istanbul for the tail end of it. Somehow, it seemed…
October 9, 2020
August 2020
Often August is a hard month for me, so I was happy to get through this one relatively…
September 8, 2020