Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Türkiye Sunday 7 April 2024 “With the deep unconscious sigh which not even the nearness of the telescreen could prevent him from uttering when his day’s work started, Winston pulled the speak-write towards him.” With the deep unconscious sigh which not even the closeness of my sleeping companion can prevent me from sighing… Continue reading Beyond Buddy Bears
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Pendik possibilities
Above: Images of Pendil, Istanbul, Türkiye Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Türkiye Sunday 7 April 2024 “Yesterday I spoke to playwright and humourist Karlweis about keeping a diary. He said it was good to get into the habit of reckoning up with yourself, but that one never confronts oneself with the whole truth, there is always an element… Continue reading Pendik possibilities
A man of letters
Eskişehir, Türkiye Wednesday 3 April 2024 “What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft, a kind of breaking through to glory.“ (John Steinbeck) Above: American writer John Steinbeck (1902 – 1968) “How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?“ (John Steinbeck, The… Continue reading A man of letters
Across the purple hill
Eskişehir, Türkiye Tuesday 2 April 2024 “A life is full of isolated events, but these events, if they are to form a coherent narrative, require odd pieces of language to link them together, little chips of grammar (mostly adverbs or prepositions) that are hard to define words like ‘therefore’, ‘else’, ‘other’ ‘also’, ‘thereof’, ‘therefore’, ‘instead’,… Continue reading Across the purple hill
Revolving doors
Eskişehir, Türkiye Monday 1 April 2024 Local elections in Türkiye took place on 31 March 2024 throughout the country’s 81 provinces. A total of 30 metropolitan and 1,363 district municipal mayors, alongside 1,282 provincial and 21,001 municipal councillors were elected, in addition to numerous local non-partisan positions such as neighbourhood wardens (muhtars) and elderly people’s councils. The… Continue reading Revolving doors
To move ahead, back up
“I solemnly vow to make a backup of my important documents and precious memories on March 31st. I will also let my friends and family know about World Backup Day. Friends don’t leave friends without a backup .” Data loss is every tech enthusiast’s worst nightmare. Computer hardware is fallible. You never know when your ten-year-old… Continue reading To move ahead, back up