I can’t believe how fast the month of January sped by this year around. Usually it is a slow month in addition to being one of the darker and longer ones. But alas here we are already one week into the month of February. I usually share much sooner than this what my “word of the year” will be. In case you are unaware of this tradition or habit of mine, here are links to…
After five years of counting down and a solid year of planning and preparations, our Caveney Clan Christmas holiday gathering arrived in late December. This holiday gathering, coined a reunion by the cousin contingent, and rightfully so, was made more meaningful as it was preceded by nearly two years of COVID impacts. We have valued getting together once-every-five-years since 2001 when my father initiated this wonderful plan, now tradition. We pilgrimaged to MI again in…
I said I would tell you more about my trip to Germany, as well as how I know Harika, the friend whom I visited in my brief time there. So here I am to do just that. The first week after I arrived to İzmir in August of 2018, I spent a lot of time walking the streets around my apartment and in my neighborhood to begin to get a feel for this new country…