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  • 4 am Friendship
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    4 am Friendship

    Writers on the subject of friendship say that there are three types of friends: reason, season and 4am friends, and those friendships are critical to […]

  • I’m a dendrophile
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    I’m a dendrophile

    For as long as I can remember I have loved trees. So much so that, like many dendrophiles – lovers of trees – I find […]

  • Guilty Pleasures
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    Guilty Pleasures

    Why is it that all pleasurable pursuits turn out to be bad for you? Or is this only my experience? I do something once, it […]

  • Öğreneceğim.              I will learn
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    Öğreneceğim. I will learn

    Language – although so difficult for me – is a fascinating subject. Like so many things it organically evolves and develops from seemingly nowhere. Amazingly, […]

  • Be interested. Be interesting.
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    Be interested. Be interesting.

    At a dinner party recently I heard the motto, ‘ Be interested, Be interesting’. I liked this, but felt it needs to be extended to, […]

  • Year End 2023
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    Year End 2023

    In 2023 the world was in turmoil, but what good news was there? Think of the joy of the 135 million births in 2023. Of […]

  • Back to school
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    Back to school

    I don’t know about you, but I have always suffered from recurring nightmares. I can’t say why these happen, but they often show themselves at […]

  • Change is needed!
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    Change is needed!

    ‘Change’ dominated my thoughts this week. Not, how to change my lifestyle, my work or my hairstyle, but how we can change the big social […]

  • Why do women love to shop?
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    Why do women love to shop?

    It’s no secret that I would like to pursue a career in Anthropology. This raises two questions in people’s minds ; ” what the hell […]

  • It’s a dog dating site
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    It’s a dog dating site

    Like many people, I am increasingly concerned about the Internet. Can we believe what we read? Where is the balanced viewpoint? Lurking in its dark […]