Missing My Anoushigner Already!!!

 

Blaming the Victim

Overheard telephone conversation (mother to daughter):

It's psychological? My pain is psychological? It's real to me!

Appears the Dishwasher

An interesting phenomenon in contemporary life is the dishwasher and the lonely job of filling it . . . Marash Girl remembers the old days when washing and wiping dishes was a social affair . . .  perhaps you, dear reader, are too young to remember that . . .  Today, everyone has his/her own style of filling a dishwasher . . . granted . . . but most irksome is when the one who refuses to fill the dishwasher chooses to rearrange the arrangement of dishes placed in the dishwasher by the dish washer! Your take on this, dear reader?

N.B.  Did you know that washing dishes in a dishwasher is not only more sanitary, but saves water?  It's true!

HInts for a Happy Marriage from Kahlil Gibran and Mother Goose

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.”  ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Above is one of Marash Girl's favorite passages and perhaps the secret to a long and happy marriage and a long and happy family life (yes, it goes for parents and children too!)

Granted the metaphor Marash Girl offers below is somewhat of a reach, and this may be considered sacrilege, but didn't Mother Goose say it first ?

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,

and doesn't know where to find them;

leave them alone, and they'll come home,

wagging their tails behind them.


Well, you get the point.

Vegan Or Carnivor

As the family discussed the menu for the upcoming Christmas Eve party, the members of the family who were not meat eaters decided that they would like to place a sign stating 'Vegan' in front of the traditional Armenian meals that were prepared with vegetables only. 

The youngest member of the family suggested, "Why not put a sign saying 'Carnivor' in front of those platters that contain meat or eggs?"

"But what if somebody switches the signs?" Marash Girl wondered.

"My wife is Irish."

Overheard:

Armenian Man:  I do all the cooking in my house -- dolma, sarma, fasulia pilaf, kufte, cheoreg......

Armenian Woman: Why do you do all the cooking?

Armenian Man:  My wife is Irish.

Before the Tornado: The Wilbraham We Knew . . . Charkoudian Annual August Festival, August 8, 2009

Photos courtesy of Terry Savage