Vera Herself | Stories from Istanbul
Vera, Mark D Rego, MD, Wolf, Hummingbird Hatchling, Brian.hadfield, John Hutchins, Nick GrillsVera Herself is a literary travel and culture publication from Istanbul, exploring bookstores, poetry, places, and the stories that make us feel at home in the world.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 141 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Istanbul Through Foreign Eyes: From Juneau to Princes' Islands
One of the things I love most about being on this platform is receiving messages and comments about my city, Istanbul. Some of you have shared wonderful memories from your trips here, while others have told me it’s a city you’ve always drea...
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
I don’t think I have ever lived through a time when the world needed these words by Jimi Hendrix more:
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
Let me travel back in time for a moment.
It must ha...
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
I am home. How do I know it? My favorite food has been prepared even before I arrived. My mother no longer asks what I want her to cook for me because she already knows. The only thing she asks is when exactly I am arriving so that she can...
The Heartbreak No One Talks About: Losing a Friend
Why friendship heartbreak can hurt even more than losing a romantic partner?
"When the fire and smoke are gone, only ashes remain."
Communal Poetry, Week Thirty-Seven
Hello, my friend. 💛
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Istanbullu by heart • Storyteller by choice • Co-founder of EWA Studio \ud83d\udce9 [email protected]
Psychiatrist. Now disabled so writing and reading. Author of "Frontal Fatigue. The Impact of Modern Life and Technology on Mental Illness," about how modern life is producing an epidemic of mental illness and stress.
I am a Witch, a retired Technomage, a Socialist, an Anti-Capitalist, the father of twins, Swing dancer, poet, writer, comic art lover, Groucho-Marxist, and an uprooted New Yorker. Merry Meet!
Practicing artist and poet--you will see my style shifting and changing as I find my voice--and my imaginary animals are evolving, too! My posts so far are open to everyone, but I greatly appreciate contributions, comments and restacks.
A perpetual seeker and sometime finder. A former teacher, bartender, banker, and technologist. Guided by humor, driven by desire, and a lover of life.
Mostly at sea
I write Short Story Section, one original short story a week and the story of how it was written.
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