Tonight we will be celebrating the 2785th Anniversary of Yerevan here at the Cascade. A concert featuring "Songs of Yerevan" will fill the Cascade air and make a bunch of people happy, nostaligic and cheerful.
My parents on the other hand have flown all the way here to celebrate their fortieth anniversary with us. I love having them here. They are the most wonderful people on earth. Today they went to Garni where my parents dedicated a Computer Center in honor of my uncle who was killed in a horrible robbery at his store in Montobello, CA two years ago. The room is in one of Garni's elementary schools. My mother was so moved today that she decided to also take on the gymnasium as well. She said their gym had no flooring and everytime they would run, they would kick up dust. sad. The children brought the traditional bread and salt to open the new room and my mother cut the ribbon. It was a beautiful day and helped my father deal with the loss of his brother.
It has been a pretty hectic time for me. Work is active and takes a lot out of me. I am Mr. Cafesjian's representative for the Protect Our Forests Coalition that a few of us have started. We are now trying to plan an Alternative New Year's Tree competition in schools so that we may spark children's ideas and imaginatio and also teach them that Armenia is not healthy enough (forest wise) to afford real New Year's Trees to be cut down. Hopefully we will get there one day. We can have tree farms, businesses that plant New Year's Trees so that they may be cut for the holidays. But as long as the trees are currently coming straight from the Forests (Armenia used to have 25% Forest area and now has 7%) we need to promote as many alternatives as we can.
My parents seem to be a lot more optomistic than our Forest figures and they see definite changes for the better. My father is interested in purchasing more land and my mother is retiring soon and wants to come here a few months out of the year. I was talking to Arthur last night and was trying to figure out a scheme to get my parents to move here permanently. Arthur said that once we start family planning and decide to have children... we can put one of our kids on the hook of a fishing rod... throw the string with kid out to California and my parents would latch onto the bait (a grandchild)... then we could reel them in.
As for fishing, the weather is perfect. This might be the last weekend to get out to Sevan for adventure. The weather is looking good. I hope it stays this way throughout October and possibly November.
My parents on the other hand have flown all the way here to celebrate their fortieth anniversary with us. I love having them here. They are the most wonderful people on earth. Today they went to Garni where my parents dedicated a Computer Center in honor of my uncle who was killed in a horrible robbery at his store in Montobello, CA two years ago. The room is in one of Garni's elementary schools. My mother was so moved today that she decided to also take on the gymnasium as well. She said their gym had no flooring and everytime they would run, they would kick up dust. sad. The children brought the traditional bread and salt to open the new room and my mother cut the ribbon. It was a beautiful day and helped my father deal with the loss of his brother.
It has been a pretty hectic time for me. Work is active and takes a lot out of me. I am Mr. Cafesjian's representative for the Protect Our Forests Coalition that a few of us have started. We are now trying to plan an Alternative New Year's Tree competition in schools so that we may spark children's ideas and imaginatio and also teach them that Armenia is not healthy enough (forest wise) to afford real New Year's Trees to be cut down. Hopefully we will get there one day. We can have tree farms, businesses that plant New Year's Trees so that they may be cut for the holidays. But as long as the trees are currently coming straight from the Forests (Armenia used to have 25% Forest area and now has 7%) we need to promote as many alternatives as we can.
My parents seem to be a lot more optomistic than our Forest figures and they see definite changes for the better. My father is interested in purchasing more land and my mother is retiring soon and wants to come here a few months out of the year. I was talking to Arthur last night and was trying to figure out a scheme to get my parents to move here permanently. Arthur said that once we start family planning and decide to have children... we can put one of our kids on the hook of a fishing rod... throw the string with kid out to California and my parents would latch onto the bait (a grandchild)... then we could reel them in.
As for fishing, the weather is perfect. This might be the last weekend to get out to Sevan for adventure. The weather is looking good. I hope it stays this way throughout October and possibly November.
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