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A different city

May 2, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Maybe it is just the summer time creeping in on alternating hot and cold sea breezes that carve out the space around the channel with freshness. Maybe it is just the finally shining sun that…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: transition·travel

Dread Update: week 3

April 28, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

So my dreads aren’t doing anything particularly interesting this week. Little chunks of hair are starting to separate out at the roots, and that is kinda exciting, and I have some messy crazy loops forming,…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: dreads·transition·travel

Processing Paris

April 10, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I used to remark that I wanted Istanbul to be my Paris. Of course this makes very little sense unless you know about my obsession with Hemingway’s writing, and specifically the teasing of dark morsels…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: travel

The Passport- Making of an Expat, Part II

April 2, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Despite my father being in the military I did not travel abroad as a child. His last lengthy stay away from home was on the USS Nimitz during my mother’s pregnancy with me. Following that…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: expat·freedom·social change·transition·travel·values

Prepping for Paris

March 25, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Paris was not on my list of places to go. Of course, my list of places to go includes only Spain, Moscow, and Georgia (with a slightly blossoming prospect of Kazakhstan), so not many places…

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Romancing Venice

February 27, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I went to Venice, once. I am not really the type to read books that are tied to a time and place. The books that I read, and the stories that I write, could happen…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: romance·stereotypes·travel·writing

A Tale of Two Worlds

January 16, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Today I went to the American embassy in Sofia to get my paperwork processed in order to be legally able to marry in Bulgaria. When we drove up across the building and I saw the…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: marriage·stereotypes·transition·travel

The War Against Wet

December 2, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

I have a love-hate relationship with our apartment. I love its location, up north in a nice, quiet suburb where we feel altogether safe. I love that it is ours, even if only in lease.…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: transition·travel

On Movement aand Experience

November 21, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

Yesterday the sun was shinning and aas I walked from campus to campus I trailed my fingers on the rails and had a itching desire in my belly to allow my feet aan extra freedom…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: movement·travel

Fall in Istanbul

October 18, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

I have never been very impressed by fall. In fact, I have been known to be downright hateful towards any season that was not summer. However, leaving the safe haven of my eternal summer deep…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: transition·travel

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