hi all. this is when one of us loggers asks the readers for HELP! at the yerevan zoo we have a sick ostrich. i have been writing a few wildlife vet. internet sites but really have gotten no response. so if you are a vet or just play one on tv, or just know one, can you write me and tell me how to cure our little friend at the zoo. she is a 7 month old ostrich that we brought to yerevan from georgia (the country). she has a problem standing up. once she is up she is fine. she shows no other sick signs and has a normal appetite and a normal pooping pattern... we just have to give her a push up everytime she wants to stand. any clues?

tonight i went to the opening of a jazz festival here in yerevan. it was nice. there were many familiar faces and the opera is finally a bit warmer than it was this winter. speaking of the weather i pray for a nice sunny spring day often but have not gotten one in a while.

today i went to the market to buy some sujukh (a delicious walnut and grapefruit juice fruit roll type thing) and the guy who sold it to me was absolutely hilarious. he was pushy at first, so pushy that he got me to try a piece. then after that he told me that his sujukh is the best in armenia, tagavorakan sujukh, ha ha ha. then after ten minutes of haggling i bought a kilo for 3,000 dram (under 6 dollars)... i have it next to me and am nibbling on one of our most delicious delicasies here in armenia. you have to try sujukh... it is phenominal. but if you come and want sujukh you must go to the pak shuga, and buy it from the first seller you see (his booth is right at the entrance)... but make sure it is the takavoragan kind.