Turkish flea market, October 2018
I was walking the flea market on the cobblestone backstreet of Turgutreis, Turkey, and saw the coolest little book on great philosophers. It was tattered, bent-ear-marked... but it was all there... intact...and it was in English...and this woman was selling it. She spoke NO English, and I NO Turkish. But this is Turkey, you HAVE to haggle! But she was having none of it! Nope. She was hard on the 3 lira (57 cents u.s.) sticker price. After a few helpless rounds to get it to 43 cents, I tapped out, clearly defeated. However, IF she let me take her photo...I would pay full price. She shrugged... I started snapping, and, suddenly we both just cracked up. Caught up in the moment, surrounded by all this, I looked up and there she was..
