CK Garabed

C.K. Garabed (a.k.a. Charles Kasbarian) has been active in the Armenian Church and Armenian community organizations all his life. As a writer and editor, he has been a keen observer of, and outspoken commentator on, political and social matters affecting Armenian Americans. He has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Reporter and the AGBU Literary Quarterly, “ARARAT.” For the last 30 years, Garabed has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Weekly. He produces a weekly column called “Uncle Garabed's Notebook,” in which he presents an assortment of tales, anecdotes, poems, riddles, and trivia; for the past 10 years, each column has contained a deconstruction of an Armenian surname. He believes his greatest accomplishment in life, and his contribution to the Armenian nation, has been the espousing of Aghavni, and the begetting of Antranig and Lucine.
Obituaries

A Reminiscence: John Najarian

This tribute contains comments that were delivered at a memorial luncheon that took place on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Aug. 5, 2017)

Literal and Figurative Advice Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need. —Julia Child Johnny-on-the-Spot…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 22, 2017)

Armenian Proverb Don’t buy a house, buy a neighbor. Don’t Tell a Lie She sat in a hammock and strummed…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 8, 2017)

Newspaper Headline Crack in Toilet Bowl Leads to Three Arrests Our Fascist Dime (By Robert R. Van Ryzin) Among the…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 1, 2017)

Entry in an Autograph Album Say it with flowers Say it with mink But never, never Say it with ink.…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 24, 2017)

Self-Knowledge He who knows himself best esteems himself least. H.G. Bohn Two Key Men in a Dead Lock I fail…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 17, 2017)

Daffy-nition Epitaph: a monumental lie. An Anonymous View of Married Life Some go to night clubs And some take to…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 10, 2017)

Armenian Proverb The friend who doesn’t regularly come and go becomes a stranger; the stranger who regularly comes and goes…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 3, 2017)

  Folk Wisdom The man with time to burn never gave the world any light.   From One Who Knows…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (May 27, 2017)

Old Time Adage The trouble with secrets is that they’re either not worth keeping, or they’re too good to keep.…

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