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The Sagging Middle
Written from a Natalie Goldberg writing trigger - Tell me where you have failed
Dec 3, 2025 • Sırt Çantanda Ne Var?
Missing Pieces
Moving, always moving.
Dec 3, 2025 • Sırt Çantanda Ne Var?

November 2025

Where Stories Begin: Ordinary Human Failings
Inspired to Write: November 26, 2025
Nov 26, 2025
Where Stories Begin - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Inspired to write - October 31, 2025
Nov 1, 2025

October 2025

Where Stories Begin - Sandwich
Inspired to write - October 20, 2025
Oct 20, 2025
The Circle
I am five years old.
Oct 20, 2025

February 2025

Your Sister is Dead
It’s our second house in Ibadan.
Feb 25, 2025
Ibadan
I am certain I’m pregnant.
Feb 25, 2025

February 2024

The Waiting - İstanbul (2315 km from Wiesbaden)
She can’t move her neck anymore.
Feb 7, 2024

December 2023

Anna's Hair
I stand in the garden with my eyes closed and arms stretched up to the sky. Then slowly I bring them down to the sides and rest, waiting, gathering the…
Dec 24, 2023 • Sırt Çantanda Ne Var?

November 2023

The Paper Where Words Fall
Where is Home
Nov 26, 2023

October 2023

Die Omas über Die Opas/Grandmothers about Grandfathers
Ekphrasis
Oct 25, 2023
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