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Love, Rose: July 2010

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Who was Lethe Bashar? I knew him by his pseudonym, Lethe Bashar, but his real name was Chris. In the middle of him editing my short story. Had changed to Chris Al-Aswad. That's my real name," he said. Lethe Bashar was the author of Novel of Life and. Sentimental Education: Essays in Art. A quick search on him and hundreds of pages testify to his prolific body of work and the number of people who read it. I said, "So that's what happens when a pen name becomes you.". Is in the Chicago Sun-Times. In his.

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Love, Rose: Half life

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I live a double life. Half of me is resident crumb-sweeper and bedtime storyteller of our family of four, while the other half is mentally miles away dreaming up projects, threading the needle of a story, and compulsively suggesting to Amazon that Penguin make The Poisoner's Handbook. Half of the time defending Turkey when I'm in the US, half the time longing for all things Americana when I'm here. My last post is about being a hybrid of two-or-more things. I wonder while burning sage to clear out. And m...

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Love, Rose: Offerings and Transitions

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New Year's eve, and I'm wrapped up in a blanket feeling the stark combination of caffeine withdrawal and sore throat. I want nothing more than to tuck in a little longer and read The Bird Sisters. While drinking the hot sahlep. Drink at my side sprinkled with cinnamon. I'm ready to say goodbye to 2010's roller coaster cold and flu cycle, but I had such an amazing year in other ways that I'm not quite ready to let go. Two big reasons include these:. Voice Lessons from a Hybrid Ambassador. The clue to Just...

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Love, Rose: Conversation with Maggie Sutrov on Value, Story, and Ship

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Conversation with Maggie Sutrov on Value, Story, and Ship. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, and listen to a great conversation. I had with artist Maggie Sutrov. On creativity, storytelling, and sharing your work! She's a painter in love with plein air, but has made a major shift and is working in more interactive and less object-centered ways. I met Maggie on Triiibes. Listen to the podcast here. Posted by Rose Margaret Deniz. Conversation with Maggie Sutrov on Value, Story, and Ship. I met Maggie on Triiibes.

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Love, Rose: I've moved, want to see my new home?

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I've moved, want to see my new home? Just a gentle reminder that if you're looking for Love, Rose blog posts, I've moved to a new home. come visit me at my new blog: www.rosedeniz.com. Sign up for my newsletter. Or subscribe to Rose Deniz by email. Posted by Rose Margaret Deniz. I've moved, want to see my new home? Just a gentle reminder that if you're looking for Love, Rose blog posts, I've moved to a new home. come visit me at my new blog: www.rosedeniz.com. Sign up for my newsletter. My Dog Ate My Blog.

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Love, Rose: Learning curve

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Several times a year I take on projects that are more than I can handle. I make sure that they are outside of my area of expertise, and keep me up late at night problem solving. Like writing a book in August and revising it while redoing my website. At the same time. My dreams as of late have been preceded by images of navigation bars, widgets, and CSS code, or snatches of dialogue from a story that I feel is emerging slowly compared to the gusto with which it was born over the summer. At the same time.

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Love, Rose: September 2010

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Last weekend I went to a wedding. Evening at poolside, giant sparklers shooting into the air while the happy couple walked the aisle. Husband in cotton jacket with red polo, me in fancied up jersey dress with pleats and sparkles and flats. Every Single. Woman. Was wearing heels. And some version of black with sequins. I had skipped the coiffeur and wore a ponytail. Some sort of cultural memo. I wanted to add. The one that tells me what to wear and when in Turkey. Posted by Rose Margaret Deniz. Today Star...

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Love, Rose: October 2010

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The taste of initiation. At my women-only gym. The middle-aged Turkish women I do crunches with talk about pastries. It reminds me of my first summer in Turkey, where instead of crunches, my neighbors would knit or crochet in our garden while talking about baked goods. Is there no bad time or place to talk about pastries? My vocabulary has become peppered with the Turkish versions of pastry dough ( börek. And salty or sweet cookies ( tuzlu. Respectively). Baked sesame seed rings ( sımıt. Not really, but ...

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Love, Rose: Three things teaching English has taught me about creativity

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Three things teaching English has taught me about creativity. The idea of teaching English when I first moved to Turkey. Part of it was that I didn't want to give up other pursuits. To teach, but the other part was not feeling in my own skin as a second-language learner of Turkish. My brain felt crowded with new words and a new culture. If I couldn't speak Turkish, how could I get others to be enthused about learning English? 2 Innovation happens under pressure. When teaching English, I have to think on ...

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Love, Rose: Conversation with Maggie Sutrov

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Conversation with Maggie Sutrov. The audio for this podcast can be downloaded here. Intensely connected to the colors, the scenes, the energy of this place. So even when my art goes into other directions, it still is colored in the background by those experiences. So great, tell me a little bit more about what kind of art you have done and what you're doing now? Giving people different avenues within that to expressions {themselves} though. What about the idea that} everyone can be an artist? They know t...