https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/verjen/Once upon a lifetime ago, I was a married free-lance writer in America. Now I find myself a widowed expatriate in Istanbul, the bridge between Europe and Asia. My stories and poetry trace the laughter and the tears and the sometimes utter confusion of a journey into a new life.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/verjen/511081Oddly enough, the English-language newspaper in Istanbul for which I write weekly articles,came to me for an interview. So here it is.... How did you come to Istanbul and what was your first impression? I first visited Istanbul eight years ago as a tourist with my husband, Robert Corgan Jacobs....