Vartabedian: Heather’s BIG Dance
Take all the gold medals ever won at an AYF Olympics over the past 75 years and file them away for posterity. Nice to win one, but in the real world it won’t get you […]
Take all the gold medals ever won at an AYF Olympics over the past 75 years and file them away for posterity. Nice to win one, but in the real world it won’t get you […]
Introduction I never intended to keep a journal but my wife had other ideas. She said, “If you’re going to Armenia, it behooves you to record your daily experiences. Besides, it’ll give me something juicy […]
I lowered myself to the depths of embarrassment recently. With all the gumption I could muster, I invested $9.95 into a disposable camera. It wasn’t by accident, I can assure you. It was a well-calculated […]
I remember a priest standing on the steps of St. Stephen’s Church with his arms folded and a disgruntled look on his face, glancing at his watch as I hustled about with my camera in […]
Did you ever see a rock grow? I have. It’s right here in my yard, big and bold as ever. I wouldn’t mind except that it’s blocking my shed and creating a nuisance when I […]
This is a piece about a rather inferior athlete who won the superior prize at an AYF Olympics. Perhaps you may have heard similar stories about individuals who have gone above and beyond the call […]
More big fish have been caught with exaggerated words than with a rod and reel. My late brother was very short on tall tales. He was all business when it came to landing fish and […]
“Let’s get together sometime.” I find these to be the five most difficult words in the English language when strung together. The reason? They’re often lost in the shuffle. The hardest promise to keep is […]
DEERFIELD, N.H.—Diane Arzigian never attended an Armenian picnic she didn’t like. Whenever Sunday rolled around, off she’d go to her favorite stomping ground to dance the afternoon away to her favorite music, enjoy the scrumptious […]
Because it’s a short idea day, this is a column about nothing. “How can you write about nothing?” comes a voice nearby. “Nobody wants to read about nothing. Please don’t bore the readers. Think of […]
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