It’s rained almost every day I’ve been in Cappadocia (Kapadokya if you’re a local). And although I’m in the desert, the rain takes on a tropical attitude—aggressive bursts for 20 minutes, lulls, and then, depending on its appetite, another downpour. Rain calls for a cup of hot chocolate. Only, you’re in Cappadocia, so you’ve got…

You haven’t been sitting at a bus station long enough until you too smell like second hand smoke. Talking aggressively on the phone is a birthright Tea tea tea.

Straight to the point and delightfully punchy, I’ve so enjoyed Michael Pollan’s book “Food Rules”. Here are three of my three favorite rules so far. Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce. Eat only foods that will eventually rot. Eat animals that have themselves eaten well.

Sheep with tails 10 lbs heavy and salt water distilled with ease. Encountering different people with familiar desires and needs. There’s so much to be learned in ones account of life in the 1750s.

Etching information (a picture, story, or map) into a stone or metal. A rudimentary printing press. What used to take days now takes minutes.