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Happy Mother’s Day 2025

May 11, 2025

I would like to wish all mothers a happy Mother’s Day. I want to single out two mothers very special to me: Jan …

December 22, 2024

Holiday Greetings As we approach the end of 2024 and prepare for 2025, I wish everyone a happy holiday season and a …

May 12, 2024

Starting with Jan and Elif, then to our mothers Ruth and Nevber, I wish a happy Mother’s Day to all mothers. They …

May 1, 2024

Our friend, and highly accomplished ceramic artist Nermin Kura will have a new exhibit in Ankara titled The …

December 11, 2023

We Wish You Happy Holidays and a Happy, Healthy New Year. This is a post that essentially summarizes our 2023 in words …

December 3, 2023

We, and many others, are remembering Binnaz with fond memories and all the good she has done for so many people. Binnaz …

October 23, 2023

Many years ago, thirty-six to be precise, I was on my first sabbatical from Providence College and went to Turkey …

September 19, 2023

When we decided to settle in Rhode Island in the mid-1970s, one of the standards of daily life was a subscription to The …

June 29, 2023

A short while ago, I wrote to present some public art displays in Rhode Island. We continued the search and saw several …

June 22, 2023

This is a small birthday gift to our daughter Elif. Happy birthday Kiddo! I guess public art is nothing new. We have all …

June 1, 2023

This year, the weather in May has been lovely. As we approached Memorial Day, I noticed the pleasantness of the gentle …

May 23, 2023

Farewell Bahattin, Good Friend Bahattin, we have known each other since the mid-1950s and enjoyed an enviable friendship …