- - These are shared taxis, called "dolmuş" in Istanbul; photo from the late 1980s; "dolmuş" (pronounced dolmush) is ...

- - Sky lover Violet Sky commented on the special warm glow of the morning and evening sun in October in my last post. I agree with her. So...

2:45pm I am at Barnes & Noble, the first in line to have two books signed by their author, Orhan Pamuk when he visited our campus yester...

Sorry, this is a little long. (When I started writing this post a couple days ago, I had no clue September 17 is Constitution Day in the US....

For our annual 4th of July reunion, over the course of 5 days 40 people descended upon "Hukilau" - our family cottage. It rained T...

Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish writer and winner of awards. I first came across his work when I read about his 2001 novel, My Name is Red , after ...