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"Thanksgiving on the Bosphorus" was published by Santa Fe Writers Project, February 2016:

"Hamams and Sacrificial Altars" was published in SLAB, Fall 2016:

"Escaping the Swine Flu, Nearly" was published in Halfway Down the Stairs, December 2015:

Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

...Even though we were only in Istanbul for two weeks, we learned a lot of Turkish. A man whose name is Alper taught us Turkish at our house. He didn’t want us to pay him anything. He just wanted to have the experience of meeting new people. Here is some of the Turkish I remember: Please is “loot-van”, no is “hire”, yes is “evit”, and hello is “merhaba”. Thank you is “to-shake-your-adedom”, goodbye (when you are leaving) is “oyster-column”, and goodbye (when someone else is leaving) is gule-gule.....

Homeschool Corner

...Moussaka was like the lasagna of the Ottoman Empire: over time, every home in every country that was once part of the empire has a unique way of preparing this dish. Its name means simply fried vegetables with minced meat. In Bulgaria, which was part of the Ottoman Empire for centuries, we made potato moussaka with our friend Venzi. While we were in Istanbul, we made this version, which uses eggplant instead. I prefer the eggplant version, especially topped with a white sauce, and I have made this filling casserole several times since returning home...

Turkish Moussaka

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"Hamams and Sacrificial Altars”

SLAB, Fall 2016

"Which God Is Ours"

Summer 2016 Colere

"The Mysterious Crotch-Grabbing Handshake: Hard Lessons in Vietnam" 2015 Literal Latte Essay Award

"Halloween in Bulgaria"

2015 Travelers' Tales Solas Awards

"Thanksgiving on the Bosphorus"

Santa Fe Writers Project, February 2016:

"Garlic Naan for Hanuman"

Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition 2015:

"Escaping the Swine Flu, Nearly"

Halfway Down the Stairs, December 2015:

"Farewell to the Highlands"

Your Life Is A Trip, October 2015:

"Homeward Bound"

Your Life Is A Trip, May 2015:

The Big Field Trip

"Escaping the Great Mosque of Uqba" World Press Review, April 2015:

"Homeschooling on the Road"

International Living, August 2014:

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Front-page feature story

Santa Fe New Mexican, March 2015:

"Which God Is Ours?"

2015 Travelers' Tales Solas Award and

published in Asia Literary Review, Spring 2015:

"The Scorpion Whisperer"

Eventus Magazine, June 2014:

The Big Field Trip

What do you get when two blissfully-ignorant lovebirds get the harebrained idea to schlep three children,

five backpacks, a guitar, and a garlic press on a two-year journey around the world?

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