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.
Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (April 30, 2016)

Korean Legendary Tale It once happened that the King of the fishes got a sad wound in his nose through…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (April 30, 2016)

Finnish Proverb The echo knows all languages.   Right and Wrong An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (April 23, 2016)

A Man Who Knows Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right. … Henry Ford…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (April 16, 2016)

Spanish Proverb Dung is no saint, but where it falls it works miracles.   A Modern Aphorism Small nations are…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (April 2, 2016)

Armenian Proverb   A dress that is not worn wears itself out.   Chinese Wisdom on Civility   You ask…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (March 26, 2016)

Armenian Proverb In every man’s heart there is a sleeping lion.   Reunion Toast Here’s to all of us! For there’s…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (March 19, 2016)

Moral Maxim Our enemies are nearer the truth in their opinion of us than we are ourselves. … La Roche…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (March 12, 2016)

Flemish Proverb Honor is better than honors.   Auditing Qualifications The best audience is one that is intelligent, well educated—and…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (March 5, 2016)

  Armenian Proverb When the donkey wishes to spite its master, it dies.   From the Greek Anthology Asclepiades, the…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Feb. 27, 2016)

Of Hearts and Mouths The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man…

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