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Moving-Take Two!

Not a year ago I shared here about my Next Stage of Life in Turkey. That post talked about my move to a different apartment, a seaside apartment. It had many things to recommend it: incredible view of the sea, lots of storage (the hallway was lined with closets) and built-in closets with drawers in the bedroom, an elevator, a guest bedroom, and it was in a great location for shopping and eating out. But…

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Soul Sister Texas Reunion

You may recall that in the summer of 2021 I hosted what I coined the “Soul Sister Summer Retreat” (in Dalyan), and which I wrote about in Shift 3 of my The Shifts of Summer blog post two years before. I have a number of girlfriends around the globe that I consider my “soul sisters” and with whom I share a deep and authentic friendship. To be perfectly honest, since watching an episode of “Sex…

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Caveney Clan Summer Reunion 2023

We gathered together over the week of the 4th of July at my brother’s place in Texas for the first Caveney Clan Summer Reunion. At our last Christmas gathering (2021) we decided that we wanted to meet more frequently than once-every-five-years. I’m glad we did as it was fun to see and spend time with everyone–we had 28 people in attendance on the peak days (family photo above). It started on Saturday, July 1, with…

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