As you may recall I traveled to San Francisco in January to visit my sister and newborn niece. That was at the start of Coronavirus, and prior to it being designated a Pandemic. I am grateful I was able to get in, and then out, of California before things blew up. If I remember correctly, I departed on February 6th, just one day before California had its first fatality from COVID-19. I returned to Turkey…
In the grand scheme of things a human life is little more than a blip on the timeline. My 80 years or so on the planet will be nothing. I know for some people the impacts of COVID-19 have been minimal. That is not the case for me. As an international educator COVID-19 not only impacted how we do our job, but it impacts our way of life. Most people become international educators not just…
This marks week three of work-from-home, or rather our current do-everything-from-home existence. I don’t know about you, but I am feeling diseased. No, I am not sick or ill, I have no symptoms of COVID or any other illness. But I have great dis-ease with the reality of our lives right now. I feel like the sea looked on Monday morning (featured image above)–rough, choppy, gray, and menacing. The first hour of my day has…