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Edge of the Map: January 2013
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013. There have been parties and gatherings galore over this festive period, and I received so many invites I couldn’t possibly have attended everything. Fortunately, I have some wonderful friends who insisted on coming round to ensure I didn’t have a lonely Christmas night. I quickly tossed some shrimp on the barbie, with Cajun seasoning and grilled veggies, a massive portion of my special nachos (is this a traditional Christmas dinner? There is an actual 4. Over the week of 6.
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Edge of the Map: October 2013
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Such a Perfect Day. And of course, there is the exciting party atmosphere of Oktoberfest that draws thousands from across the city and region to Ataturk Park where the stage had been set for some of the biggest rock and pop bands in Turkey. As the first raucous chords blasted out from the massive speakers we grabbed a few beers from the ever-smiling girls at the booth and started as we meant to go on, with bubbly stuff in one hand and arms locked in dance. Birthday parties, a...
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Edge of the Map: Now the Party's Over ..
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Wednesday, January 01, 2014. Now the Party's Over . Every ingredient grown or raised within a hundred metres of the table. The first autumnal leaves. Can you see the above photo in the distance? Don’t demand that others change to receive your affection, release your anger and regret, open your heart to possibility, free your mind from obstacles to love, for no one knows which way the roads lead when we arrive at a crossroads . and one day, perhaps, if it’s meant to be . As I embark on a new phase of life...
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Edge of the Map: Down in the Dumps
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Friday, November 29, 2013. Down in the Dumps. Turkey: a country not a food . Food and Guns may not seem to have any natural literary connection to you – but, they are inextricably linked to each other in how we perceive the world, and how we interact with one another, and our future may well depend on recognising that relationship . With Jake and Dinos Chapman’s exhibit. The Sum of All Evil. Showing in Hong Kong and recent events in Kenya. How it gets from the farm to your house? How can we continue to a...
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Edge of the Map: June 2012
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Saturday, June 02, 2012. Yesterday I watched as the Olympic torch was carried in procession through the streets of that distinguished northern English city, Liverpool. Boutiques and coffee houses now crowd the narrow and confined lanes that weave labyrinthine through the old town to the visually arresting indoor shopping arcades, Liverpool is learning to accentuate the best of what it once took for granted. These winding paths have become vogue and charmingly inoffensive in their glance back at a cum...
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Edge of the Map: December 2011
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Saturday, December 31, 2011. Mutlu Yillar; The Tabula Rasa. We proceed into the future with joy in our hearts and the expectation that somehow humanity, with all its flaws and failings can create a more promising opportunity for the present from the lessons of yesterday. I welcome this New Year as a present waiting to be opened; a personal opportunity to initiate plans for new projects with happiness as the measure of success and an imminent future that holds promise for the revelation of truth. Islamic ...
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Edge of the Map: June 2013
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Saturday, June 08, 2013. What's Happening in Turkey. A Demonstration of Tradition. Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz. Between flesh and what's fantasy. And the poets down here don't write nothin’ at all. They just stand back and let it all be. And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment. And try to make an honest stand. But they wind up wounded, not even dead. Tonight in Jungleland . Bruce ‘ The Boss’ Springsteen. Exclusive apartment complexes and. Most Turkish women don...
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Edge of the Map: September 2013
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Saturday, September 07, 2013. Ramblin’ Man . Just a-Ramblin’, Man . How one manages the shift in time’s tide, and the choices one makes when confronted by external factors, determines personal character as well as wealth and status, situating one in relation to others and hopefully developing awareness of a healthy balanced way of life. Either way, many 40 to 50-something men spend their days seeking validation and consolation for the few remaining years and hoping for a vindication of the choices made&#...
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Edge of the Map: November 2013
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Friday, November 29, 2013. Down in the Dumps. Turkey: a country not a food . Food and Guns may not seem to have any natural literary connection to you – but, they are inextricably linked to each other in how we perceive the world, and how we interact with one another, and our future may well depend on recognising that relationship . With Jake and Dinos Chapman’s exhibit. The Sum of All Evil. Showing in Hong Kong and recent events in Kenya. How it gets from the farm to your house? How can we continue to a...
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Edge of the Map: September 2012
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Sunday, September 30, 2012. Whirling Words of Wisdom. 8220;When we are dead, do not turn your eyes to the ground seeking my grave! My grave will be in the hearts of the wise” Mevlana Jelaladdin Rumi. Mevlana Rumi was born about 1207 in Balkh, on the Iranian border with Turkistan, where Zoroaster was from; a city of many faiths reputedly founded by the Magi. I was raw, then I was cooked, now I have been burnt.” Mevlana Rumi. Although icons, relics, places of pilgrimage and holy books, or the enactment of ...