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Rendahl: That’s No Bull
Special for The Armenian Weekly I met a cowboy recently. A rodeo cowboy. He’s a small-town North Dakotan boy who lived in Los Angeles for years and then repatriated to our home state some years […]
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Rendahl: A Year of Light
For the past month I’ve been reading and re-reading parts of the journals my great-grandmother wrote and had published in the Benson County Farmers Press in the early 1950s. She was born in 1874—a mere […]
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Rendahl: In Limbo
“It’s the little things, like when you reach for something to read and you realize your books aren’t there,” my friend said as she tried to describe what it’s like to live in limbo. She’s […]
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Rendahl: Top Three Ways to Learn Armenian
I’m doing it. I’m doing that thing bloggers do to get people’s attention: creating a top-three list. The list is about learning Armenian. You could apply the list to any language, really, but I’ve been […]
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Rendahl: Coffee Goddess
I was in Cameroon at the beginning of September. “The Cameroons,” my uncle called it, accidentally. It was a term used when part of present-day Cameroon was under British colonial rule and administered as two […]
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Rendahl: A New Toast
If you’ve ever read my blog, you may have noticed that many of my posts bear the label “strangers.” That means it’s a story about someone I didn’t know, but now do. It also means […]
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Rendahl: Thinking of Swaray on June 26
Seidu Swaray and I are the same age. But in February 2002, when I was enjoying life, his town was attacked by LURD* rebels. I met him in Liberia last year and he introduced himself […]
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Rendahl: Vay, Vay, Vay
Armenians are quick to tell you what a rich language they have, and with good cause. Those 39 letters (or 36, depending on who’s reading this) have a history. There’s a reason why my friends […]
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Together We Learn
April was for me an intensive course in the plight of minorities, human rights, and conflict-affected peoples. It started when I attended a documentary screening of “Education Under Fire,” which tells the story of how […]
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Rendahl: Looking Forward
It was late one evening last week when I e-mailed a friend seeking inspiration for something to write about. “E-mail me the first three things that come to mind,” I said. “Don’t worry about what […]