Thursday 6 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye The former head teacher, dismissed and disillusioned, lay in his restless bed, his limbs heavy with exhaustion, his thoughts a storm of injustice and regret. Losing your job can be a hideous blow, both to the pocket and to the ego. The best way to deal with it is… Continue reading The Academy of Joy
Month: February 2025
The rebellion of time
Wednesday 5 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye My bed chamber is small, yet vast. Shadows stretch long and gaunt, leaping at the walls like the emaciated fingers of a dying man. A single lamp, feeble yet defiant, cast its wan glow upon my desk strewn with papers, their edges curling like lips whispering forgotten verses. The… Continue reading The rebellion of time
A Tapestry of Poetic Resilience
Tuesday 4 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye On this day, history whispers through words penned by poets, through voices that capture the beauty and ugliness of man’s common struggle against his own mortality. The air of February 4 is thick with reflections — on fleeting existence, on love and laughter, on the grit of survival and… Continue reading A Tapestry of Poetic Resilience
Ripples in Time
Monday 3 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye What makes a life worth remembering? A long, long time ago (“American Pie” was written in 1971 and the time McLean is going to talk about is the 1950’s. This seemslike a long time ago ’cause of all the turmoil that occurred in the 60’s.)I can still remember how… Continue reading Ripples in Time
Shadows and signals
Sunday 2 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye The second day of February is a day of shadows and signals, omens and revelations, of humanity’s eternal dance with the unknown. We search the skies, the ground, the movements of animals, and the echoes of history to divine what lies ahead. It is a day of crossings, where… Continue reading Shadows and signals
The dream deferred
Saturday 1 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye February 1 is a day where the echoes of past struggles ring through history, where freedom found often stands on the precipice of being lost. It is a day of amendments and uprisings, of poets and revolutionaries, of movements born and battles still being fought. On this day in… Continue reading The dream deferred