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Living is no laughing matter (Thank you, Nazim Hikmet)
When I last left you, I was in melt-down mode as a result of the workaholic gerbil wheel called academia in which I currently reside professionally. The puppets were in chaos about it, but Yehuda...
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Tiryaki’s turn: Sen benim sarhoşluğumsun…
Lately, the puppets have been reading poetry again. Maybe it is the autumnal weather and maudlin sunshine moments on the stone steps of the back porch that eggs them on so to find love poems that are...
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Bebe Ruhi recites Nazım Hikmet’s “The Blue-Eyed Giant, the Miniature Woman...
You may recall Bebe Ruhi, the goof puppet with an ample heart and Dwarfism – he is M.’s favorite. But today, he is especially excited, as he has found HIS favorite poem (this has been the activity of...
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Of Elma and Indian corn: Karagöz puppets as marriage counselors
Written a few weeks ago before Frankenstorm waited in the wings and before this rotator cuff injury ate my writing hand (my right hand is miffed at this comment): Today, the Karagöz puppets awoke with...
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Bread, salt and love: Happy Valentine’s Day from the Karagöz puppets (and...
Happy Valentine’s Day to all – the Karagöz puppets’ gift to you today is the sharing of a Nazim Hikmet poem which likens love to dipping bread into salt…relayed here in English and then in Turkish… I...
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Of Elma and Indian corn: Karagöz puppets as marriage counselors
Written a few weeks ago before Frankenstorm waited in the wings and before this rotator cuff injury ate my writing hand (my right hand is miffed at this comment): Today, the Karagöz puppets awoke with...
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