As we settle into Istanbul life it’s easy to cease to feel the wonder and distinctness of everything around us. Now, Nancy has her research to help keep her eyes and mind open, and I have my poetry to un-protect me. Still, we both think it’s important to keep exploring. And lo and behold, we have discovered there’s so much to see near to home.

I’ve named this slideshow In 12 Steps, but it’s not a recovery program; rather it’s a discovery program. We were walking thru some back streets and turned a corner. In the next 12 steps we took, these are 12 of the things we saw… (All images have been lightly manipulated to compensate for the mediocre quality of the camera and mediocre skills of the camera-man.)