You can’t go wrong photographing a tug-of-war.

Helping out at the spring festival.

Last week I threw caution to the wind and flew up to Istanbul for an all-nighter. Ben l’Oncle Soul does not often play small rooms, so I had to take advantage of the fact that he was at Babylon. Wonderful venue, wonderful music, wonderful night.

A wonderful end to a wonderful year— a happy new year to everyone!

These are just gorgeous. They sound beautiful, too.

There may actually be some real snow in my future. This will have to do for now.

March on Republic Day, 29 October.

Well, it’s that time of year again— our merry band of crazy NaNoWriMo participants is heading out of the starting gate, either with a bang or… not. As usual, I’ll be participating, and as usual, my novel has an element of the supernatural in it.

Why the candle? It’s part of my writing ritual. It keeps my creativity burning or something. Whatever, it works for me.

Best wishes to all the participating novelists! Let’s nail this thing.

A happy day to all who are celebrating.

The parade for the closing day of the annual Golden Orange Film Festival, the largest and most important film festival in Turkey.

There were a lot of celebrities there, but my favourite part was the silver people. So dreamy.