Oh my, it HAS been a long time, hasn't it? Back in Istanbul, and I've come to the realization that the magic is chipping away like the paint on an old house. I am glad to be back, but at the same time I feel like I didn't quite get enough America on my recent return. There a few things that I miss immensely, and they are reason enough to return at the end of the school year; namely, baseball, expansive city parks, easy access hiking, my three wonderful nieces and one nephew, daily bike rides through the country, Sunnywood and my grandparents, and that matter of fact take it or leave it American attitude that helps us all enjoy life just the way it is.
Having said that, I did miss a few things here. Working (and collecting that envelope of cash), Turkish lessons, my few Turkish/Turkey-based friends, and the prospect of great holidays in far away places.
And while we're making lists, I'll enumerate those those books sitting on my shelf that I plan to finish:
The Pickwick Papers
Denisen's Out of Africa
The Brothers Karamazov
Hemingway's Short Stories
T.C. Boyle's Stories
Three Cups of Tea
Paul Bowles's The Sheltering Sky
Today was filled with meetings. Actually, just two long ones. I despise meetings and so I decided that the only way I'll be able to avoid meetings for the remainder of my life is to become a famous writer. That is still, as it always has been, in the works.
Lastly, my wonderful uncle John Riley behooved to me his digital SLR, replete with three lenses to boot! I will be using that this year as my side arm in my ventures around this city and country, ala Henri Cartier Bresson!
Ancan anone tell mewy it i that some buttons work onmy omputer while I type into this blo and some don't. This is an exampleof te trouble I'm having withturkish internet. What the hell!
Monday, August 24, 2009
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