Thank you for writing. I haven’t written back due to my routine being disrupted by my mother’s visit while I was in Antalya and have generally been feeling off-kilter these days. I don’t know if it’s the heat or the brightness of everything around me but I find myself doing…

I have stalled in responding to your correspondence because language has felt far away, as if it can’t capture the intimate moments of living I’ve been trying to be present for as best as I can these days. My stay in Istanbul was cut short and I’ve come now to…