Notes from a Blue Bike

Tsh Oxenreider (that first name gets me every time...what is it about having no vowels?) tells her family's story of trying to make a simple, real life amid the chaos of American culture. Oxenreider and her husband move to Turkey and start their family there. They love so many things about living in Turkey: time spent with family and friends...choosing fresh foods at the market and preparing meals together...lack of media intrusions. They long to bring these things with them into their lives when they return to America but again and again they face difficulties.

Oxenreider is a blogger and one has the feeling these little stories began in her blog. But don't mistake the author for being an amateur; Oxenreider is a good writer and the stories are well told.

This book has lots to offer those of us looking for a little more simple in our lives.