April 2020
March was the longest month, and April flew— and both of these time warps left me ill at…
May 6, 2020
On Letter Writing
When I started this blog so many years ago, I had never published any of my writing and…
April 16, 2020
March 2020
Well. This month got strange. It’s almost hard to remember the first two weeks of March, which feel…
April 7, 2020
February 2020
We got a bonus day in February thanks to this leap year, and I spent that extra day…
March 9, 2020
A Day In Kisirkaya
We met for breakfast at my favorite menemen joint in Kadikoy and poured over the Google maps on…
February 14, 2020
January 2020
This year started slow and cozy, as it should. January was rainy and I was jet lagged, so…
February 7, 2020
Seven Years Abroad
My seventh year in Istanbul kicked off with a big move, and that set the tone for this…
January 29, 2020
A Day Out in Brooklyn
The best part of long-distance collaboration is finally being in the same place. Alison and I started our…
January 17, 2020
December 2019
I spent most of December in California, biking and reading and hiding from the rain. This month is…
January 7, 2020
Cairo In The Dust
When Pesha and I landed in Cairo, the night air was heavy with yellow dust. The January wind…
December 10, 2019