Far From The Sticks

Today my son is going to a part-time preschool for the first time since the pandemic started. I thought I would feel relief, a break from parenting while working but I don’t. I won’t relax un...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2022/04/18/pandemic-parenting-yet-to-end/

Pandemic Parenting Part II Originally posted on Medium 11/25/2020 It has been nine months since the start of the pandemic. I no longer have to make my own bread, toilet paper can be found in the ...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2022/04/16/did-the-pandemic-break-me-or-was-i-already-broken/

Originally posted on Medium 4/13/2020 Pandemic Parenting Part I The other day I walked by a neighbor’s house with my small son, and he called out to me from the yard. He has a daughter only a f...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2022/03/30/shift-parenting-during-covid-19/

Creating sense of normalcy in a new post pandemic world I am working on finding my way back to writing, finding my way back to my creative space, and my voice. I will be reposting some previous e...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2022/03/21/finding-my-way-back/

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. I loved the food and family and gathering with friends, especially as it was one of the few non-religious holidays. I love stuffing and gravy and...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2021/11/26/giving-thanks-without-thanksgiving/

It has been eight years since my father died. Sometimes it seems like forever, sometimes I still just can’t believe it. His death, while expected, was a surprise. I had actually spent the day s...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2020/01/20/hard-to-believe/

A couple of weeks ago, our good friends were visiting from the US and we decided to take a day trip to Amos. Amos is a small village a few miles from here on the coast. In this area of … Contin...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2019/08/01/a-visit-to-amos/

Doesn’t that sound smarmy? One of the best parts of visiting İçmeler is being about a mile from the Mediterranean. My in-laws summer house is snuggled up against the mountains that surround t...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2019/07/22/the-med/

I have spent most or part of the summer in Içmeler since 2009. When we moved back to the US in 2015 we didn’t go to Içmeler that summer. I have missed it more than I realized. It has also …...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2019/07/10/back-to-icmeler/

It has been four years since I left Turkey. I lived there for most of my (young) adult life, from 24 to 30. I absorbed much of how I live my life from that time, learning to move more slowly, …...

http://farfromthesticks.com/2019/06/29/return-to-ankara/