It's 2:22 AM, and sometime about 10 hours from now an aircraft will lift off taking one tired Ladi and one tired myself back to the US of A, after 2 years of foibles, friends, and frolics around Turkey.

Our first "public outing" it seems will be at the Kosmos Music and dance camp, where I'm playing with my band Nerelisin for our US debut (I've always wanted to be able to say that...) on Friday night. Hope to see you there!