Turkey. Sufism is an order of Islam founded by the Turkish theologian Rūmī in the thirteenth century. When I was in Turkey in 2009, I was lucky enough to attend a service. The congregation was super gracious. I recall music and…
Monthly Archives: December 2022
That Christmas Tree
Circa 1972. After sharing in the complimentary hot chocolate, my parents and I were soon walking on a narrow, shoveled path toward a tree grove. With a foot of snow on the ground, we were in a winter wonderland as…
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Fifth Avenue NYC in December
Reprint from December 2015. New York City. Each year when I was growing up, my parents and I, and sometimes an aunt, would take a bus trip to see the Christmas lights along Fifth Avenue. This bus trip was organized…
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