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A Love Affair Continues

My mother took me to get my first tattoo for my 17th birthday. The following summer I got my second tattoo after graduating from Army Basic Training. Many, many years passed before I got another. In the past year I’ve gotten three and I progressively get bolder with size and placement. People seem to be surprised by the size of my newest ink, and they are curious to know why it is what it is.…

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For the Love of Sarajevo

Shortly after I arrived into Turkey we had a week-long holiday called Bayram, or Eid, depending on where you are in the world. It is a festival of sacrifice for followers of the Islamic faith. For those of us that are not Muslim, it was an opportunity to have one last holiday before we dug into the work of educating students. As I had spent my summer in Mongolia procuring my Visa for Turkey and…

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