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A Purposeful Visit to Great Lakes National Cemetery (Part II)
So many of our G.I.s waste away in Veteran’s Affairs (VA) hospitals—alone, lonely, forgotten by anyone who might care. Unfortunately, many do not get well enough to leave, to lead ordinary lives. Great...
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A Purposeful Visit to Great Lakes National Cemetery
I usually have some idea of how I’m going to spend my day when I arise in the morning, but on Monday, July 17, 2017, I had no idea I would make my destination the Great Lakes National Cemetery in...
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Rosendo’s Travelscope Visits Ancient Armenia
Thank you to Joseph and Julie Rosendo. Shad shnorakal enk. To think I saw the film The Promise and the Rosendo’s Tracelscope Part I and II within a week has sent me into shish kebab heaven. Rosendo at...
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Dr. Melissa Bilal Lectures on ‘Voice Signatures’ in Southfield, Mich.
Dr. Melissa Bilal recently lectured at the Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian Hall, Armenian Congregational Church Southfield, Mich. She drew a large audience curious to become informed about her most...
View ArticleHoly Lent and Resurrection of Our Lord
It was the annual Lenten luncheon sponsored by the Women’s Christian Fellowship of the Armenian Congregational Church of Southfield, Mi. on Friday April 7. It is always a well-attended event by all...
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Forgive and Forget, Kiss and Make Up
During my recent church attendance, I found the Der Hayr’s sermon very interesting, since it expanded on a topic I had written a column about several years ago: broken alliances between relatives and...
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The Women They Left Behind
Looking back, you wonder in amazement where the two years since his passing on March 1, 2015, have gone. They seem to have evaporated like your spirit to carry on. But live you must, and only you know...
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Meet Nick Pompeian of the Gift of Life Transplant House
When the need for an organ transplant is the medical diagnosis, it is understandable the patient and their caregiver are facing a very stressful situation. Nick Pompeian (Photo: postbulletin.com)...
View ArticleArmenian Congregational Church Holiday Activities
The Armenian Congregational Church of Greater Detroit has long established itself as a very welcoming place to visit, be it for church services or as a guest at one of their well-planned social...
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Detroit Marks 126th Anniversary of the ARF
This is to put Turkey on notice—you will never kill the Armenian Spirit. The youth sing patriotic songs at the 126th anniversary event If just one of you had been witness to the Nov. 19, 2016,...
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The Necessary Main Ingredient (Part I)
It remains the most vital tool for creating all those delicious Armenian baked goods, boeregs, cheeseburgers and hamburgers, and katah, my personal favorite, sprinkled with sesame seeds or sev gundeegs...
View ArticleWhen the Present Is Blessed by the Past
The wisdom and sayings from our past keep popping into my memory, causing a warm feeling of connection to my parents from long ago. For about two weeks, my left eye had an occasional annoying twitch...
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The Power of the Press: 1895 News from Armenia
‘[The article] referred to Sultan Hamid, infamously called the Bloody Sultan, responsible for the death of thousands of Armenians from 1894-95.’Never underestimate the power of the press. A newspaper...
View ArticleThe Greatest Gift of All
It’s funny how some things hit you unexpectedly, out of the blue. June 17, Bob’s birthday and Father’s Day, was fast approaching and a thought occurred to my always-active mind that had eluded me all...
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The Armenian Education of Katie
Finding college student Katie so near my isolated location in Northern Michigan had to be a godsend. I found her by accident when, as I frequently do, I disregarded the “no trespassing” sign as I drove...
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President Obama: ‘Armenians Are Resilient’
Thank you, Mr. President, oh, yes we are. Each year Armenians wait to see how the leader of the free world will describe the events of April 24, 1915, with hope in our hearts that his pre-election...
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Dearborn St. Sarkis Fellowship Club
There’s a song that rings out “You’re never too young or too old,” and under the circumstances, those lyrics are quite appropriate. The fellowship club of the St. Sarkis Armenian Church of Dearborn,...
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Lucine Kasbarian’s “Perspectives of Exile”
There is no doubt that the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 remains a raw, gnawing open sore on those of us who will never forget the horrible stain on human history. It was the murder of Armenian...
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From Palu and Hussenig to Petoskey: Armenian Students at U-M in the 1880’s
An extraordinary feeling of Armenian pride swelled up in me as I read—and re-read—the interesting article written by Birmingham, Mich. resident Harry Kezelian III (University of Michigan Law School...
View ArticleSay Yes! to ‘Keghetzi Seroun’
This is a story about what an Armenian mother will do for her son. Nothing is impossible. Ask and you shall receive. And the reply I got when I asked my first-born son what Armenian food he really...
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