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Author: Heather Caveney

Heather is an American working abroad as a Teacher Librarian. She lived in Mongolia from 2015-2018, and then relocated to Turkey. She wrote about her Mongolian adventures on her blog, An American Tomboy in Mongolia. Nowadays you can find her at All For Something.
February 2, 2021 Christmas / Culture / Family / Life in Asia / Life in the West / Mongolia / Religion / Traditions / Turkey

Being Culturally, Not Religiously, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim…

Here in Turkey, where I live, we are currently subject to weeknight curfews and weekend lockdowns. They began at the

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April 23, 2020 Uncategorized

Extroverts Long for the New Normal to Come Knocking

I appreciated my friend Jocelyn’s recent post about how she and all my other introverted friends are reveling in the

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November 8, 2019 Relationships

Can we start anew without the past?

I began dating this summer after taking some solo time to settle into my new job, home, and country. Also,

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June 26, 2019 Life in Asia / Nature / Traveling / Uncategorized

Turkey: Where Nature and History Coexist in Harmony

I grew up in northern Michigan in the middle of the woods. I guess it was that childhood and youth

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May 28, 2019 Legal issues

Getting Divorced in Mongolia & USA

A year and a half ago when I wrote Getting Married in Mongolia & USA I never expected I’d find myself

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January 18, 2019 Uncategorized

The Joys and Challenges of Reinvention

All of my fresh starts are associated with a change in location. I changed towns and schools when I went

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December 21, 2018 Christmas / Culture / Life in Asia / Traditions / Traveling / Uncategorized

Any Holiday Is Good for Me

My favorite American holidays have always been the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. I like them best because they don’t

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November 23, 2018 Books / Culture / Life / Moving / Uncategorized

Curating an Expat Home

My nuclear family–mother and father who have been divorced for many years, and four adult siblings–live in four states and

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October 12, 2018 Culture / Life / Life in Asia / Life in the West / Mongolia / Relationships / Uncategorized

The Impact of Assumptions around Independence

The funny thing about assumptions is that more often than not we aren’t aware of the fact that we are

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June 29, 2018 Culture / Family / Mongolia / Uncategorized

Gender Tensions in Mongolia, or Why Women Tend to Have Better Jobs Than Men

I took the circuitous route to becoming an educator. That said, it is work that I enjoy doing, surrounded by

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