Chronicles of Narineh

If I'm gonna do Christmas cookies, why not put a little Armenian in them? #yeragooyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CJNiZ0GJAzn/?igshid=1pkq7whhdg37v

#Repost @aratherat ・・・ Viva Artsakh✊ Donate to @armeniafund to help boost the humanitarian aid response efforts in #Artsakh #artsakhstrong https://www.instagram.com/p/CF9HeBppyzK/?igshid=1s6zqp3fxjk8p

The Post Office can get the job done if we can keep the president and his cronies from hobbling the USPS. #standwithusps #savethepostoffice (at US Post Office) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWCzHypbsK/?igshid=19aj5hkw2zwg2

Blueberry babka! Pretty pleased with this first attempt! #myfirstbabka https://www.instagram.com/p/CABnS25J9hc/?igshid=1fct0cif16i12

I got this beauty as a Valentine’s Day gift for @ksandermander over a decade ago. We finally have a proper spot for it! #rancor #rancorpit #gentlegiantcollection #gentlegiantltd #gentlegiantstarwars #maythe4thbewithyou https://www.instagram.com/p/B_wSyBxJKMq/?igshid=1cozyvxewffmp

Lighting a candle to commemorate those who perished in the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923). #ArmenianGenocide #CandlelightVigil https://www.instagram.com/p/B_WaCI9piWi/?igshid=1qxecyrrci337

What a treat to get to go back to @chamlianarmenianschoolofficial for Read Across America Day! I met and read to the wonderful students of Classroom 3C and we talked about stories and ideas. Dream big kiddos! #readacrossamerica #chamlianalumni (at Chamlian Armenian School) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ZpTHgJYX8/?igshid=m575nfxy6wtb

Get out there and vote today! We need your voice in the chorus! My Glendale friends & family, please vote for @ardykassakhian for City Council. Artwork credit : @jackieannruizdraws https://www.instagram.com/p/B9R3USdJ3Q8/?igshid=qrjt4f9atzor

Go see #TheLastShip at The Ahmanson, it’s in its last two weeks at #TheAhmansonTheater @ctgla — it’s amazing and also it’s @theofficialsting - what more do you need to know?! (at Ahmanson Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8C9ds6JJtk/?igshid=6eadq20ni7ko

Harvest time! Tree #1, pretty sweet, good for juicing, we'll pick some more soon. Tree #2 - oodles of fantastic navel oranges for eating & juicing! We have so many!! Grapefruits are next, in a couple of weeks! #citrus #backyardfruit (at Sherman Oaks, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PCixdJGnI/?igshid=tyq7k19slztw

Finally made it out here! They don’t serve Armenian coffee in the store anymore, but I got my pistachios and I have the coffee at home. #ArmenianCoffee (at Henry's House of Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6jqh9LJLs2/?igshid=afigxm5lcjnr

Saw @iamnotalonefilm at #AFIFest tonight. Can't wait for this powerful documentary about Armenia’s Velvet Revolution to get the wide distribution it deserves. I’ll go with you all to see it again. #duxov (at TCL Chinese Theatres) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5KES-5JlSB/?igshid=frdyhzzb3qa5

Andy Knightley & Gary King heading out to The World’s End. #theworldsend https://www.instagram.com/p/B4T_jncJhMc/?igshid=4fjo9hazqhx4

#Repost @serjtankian ・・・ Dear @repilhan , we are all scratching our heads wondering how someone so eloquent against injustice in the US can be so naive in her stance toward despots internationally as in your relationship with Turkey’s Erdogan. Your “present” vote today on HR 296 was a strange phenomena. I understand that Erdogan has sent money to help out the government of Somalia and you’re appreciative of that but that doesn’t mean you have to disregard his and Turkey’s horrendous human rights record nor actual history in reference to the genocide of my people, the Armenians. I have always thought of you as a smart, progressive force in Congress aligned with a majority of my beliefs so I am wholeheartedly disappointed in your support for Erdogan and his gag rule on genocide recognition in the US. One of your arguments is that genocide recognition is being used as a punitive measure against Turkey’s incursion into Syria. You’re right-it is. But realize that Turkey and Erdogan have specifically used the Armenian Genocide as geopolitical capital spending millions yearly on K Street and disinformation campaigns to rewrite history. Every purchase order for Apache helicopters from the US or fighter jets were political and economical capital and expediency against a vote for justice on genocide recognition. I am writing this in hopes that you will understand the gravity of your decision today and will change your mind accordingly. With respect Serj Tankian https://www.instagram.com/p/B4P-P3CpveK/?igshid=1dare9fmxkf0j

I’m glad that the House of Representatives is taking up the vote to recognize the Armenian Genocide, it’s too bad they’re doing it just to rebuke Turkey, and not because the United States wants to stand on the right side of history. But it doesn’t change the fact that the Ottoman Empire committed the first genocide of the 20th Century — in fact the word genocide was coined to describe what happened to the Armenians in Turkey during the First World War. And here we are, watching Erdogan repeat history, but this time with the Kurds, and with our President’s blessing. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4HWwmNpD1t/?igshid=1erhxii873geq

Starting with the patio lights. Ghosts and gravestones in the front yard are next! https://www.instagram.com/p/B4EA9ahpkNB/?igshid=np0hzwd3rrdb

This guy... (this was preceded by two minutes of deep snoring) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2TJE-mAvXt/?igshid=1l1ovxsd25sh0