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Forks Over Knives
So in June Bülent and I watched the documentary Forks over Knives which promotes unprocessed foods and veganism. It advocates a plant based diet with no refined oils and lower ingestion of oily...
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Forget CEOs! Teachers Get Bonuses!
In Turkey, November 24th is Teacher’s Day. Inside and outside of one of my cards. (We are still practicing articles. There are none in Turkish. My kids think they are tricky—clearly.) Teacher’s day...
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My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps—Check it out!
Fergie says it all. December is usually a busy month for most people. It is the holidays, between parties and other things the month seems to fly by. In addition December is exam month for my...
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Hoşgeldiniz to 2013
Welcome to the New Year! I hope everyone had safe and happy New Years celebrations. Bülent and I have been so busy lately that we welcomed the New Year from bed, where we had been snuggling and...
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Phone Debacle
GAHHHHH! (Insert more inarticulate sounds here!) I have been having some phone issues lately. In August I bought a Samsung Galaxy SIII to replace the four year old Apple IPhone 3GS my cousin had...
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New Page Under American and Turkish Fusion
SUBSTITUTIONS! We have all been there. You are craving a certain dish from home, or want to make some food in your recipe repertoire but are lacking ingredients. Maybe they are not sold in the local...
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Spring?
The weather has been strange this winter in Ankara. It seems to go back and forth between cold and spring-like weather. Today, the sun is shining bright, the weather is lovely and it looks like the...
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Lost and Found
Several times recently I have gotten lost on my way somewhere. I got the directions confused and ended up having no idea of where I was. I had two options, go with it or turn around go back and start...
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A 9 Day Bayram!
This year Kurban Bayrami started on a Monday (1/2 day) and ended on a Friday. Since it connected to the weekends it made a 9 day HOLIDAY! Bülent and I wanted to take advantage of this time and check...
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Surprise!
I am still trying to catch up on back posts from Kurban Bayramı. I have been a bit behind and was a little tired last week, but for a great cause. I flew home to surprise my mother on her...
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On Touching Children
In the United States you are not supposed to touch children familiarly unless they are yours, or the spawn of a close friend or family member. As a teacher I was always very careful to keep my...
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Root Vegetable Roulette
Hmmm…Maybe not the best idea. I have been seeing lots of yummy winter vegetable recipes online. One of them was for roasted root vegetables; beets, carrots, rutabaga, parsnips and turnips. YUM! In...
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My Brother Earned a Meme
I have been home visiting my family for winter break. I love my family, but also feel very lucky that we are friends too. Not everyone has a brother or a mother that they would chose to be their...
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Surprise!!
I have written about my brother before, and even created a meme. But this really out does it. My brother is a great guy, sweet, caring, kind to children and animals and good looking. He cooks, will...
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Doğa Karadeniz
Recently I went on a trip to the Doğa Karadeniz with my brother and husband. I will blog about the places separately from the experience…which was a doozy. While certain parts of the trip were very...
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Bakla Köftesi (Fava Bean Balls/Burgers)
Fava Bean köftesi, a type of vegetarian köfte. Since we have gone mostly vegetarian I have been trying to find alternatives and interesting food. This seemed to fit the bill, interesting, healthy and...
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Uzungöl
The road to Uzungöl was a lot more pleasant than the place itself. We had heard it was a lovely lake, pictures with places to hike and bike ride. It was a lake, and there was a walking path, and bike...
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Changes
I talked about the reasons I had not been blogging, and part of it was that I could not fully express myself. We have had plans in the works, but they have been tenuous and uncertain. Bülent and I...
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On Touching Children
In the United States you are not supposed to touch children familiarly unless they are yours, or the spawn of a close friend or family member. As a teacher I was always very careful to keep my...
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Root Vegetable Roulette
Hmmm…Maybe not the best idea. I have been seeing lots of yummy winter vegetable recipes online. One of them was for roasted root vegetables; beets, carrots, rutabaga, parsnips and turnips. YUM! In...
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