I was born, taking coffee with my milk, and now I take milk with my coffee. I gave up sugar yesterday, first of May 2023, in celebration of Labor Liberation Day.

My family in Turkiye live on the coast of three different seas, and two different continents. The rest of my family, my daughter, brother, cousins, and aunt are all in one continent, which is not to say incontinent in the United States. I am from the natal clas of 1952, and my wife, Fatos is a ‘56er.

As a songwriter, I’m a late bloomer, but I’ve been riding most of my life.  I had a bit of writers block when I was eight, because I broke my right arm when I hit that taxi in the street. 
My third charm was a time, about 42 years ago, in Istanbul, Turkiye. Now my family is bi-national. Our place in Datça, on Turkiye’s south coast, is almost on the exact same latitude as my other hometown of Tulsa. I play with vocals, guitars,and recorders.  Secretly, I would love to do some cowriting. I experimented with it in the last year or two. I think my partner is still suffering from shock and frustration. 
However, I continue to hope.

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