Monthly Archives: June 2013

The real sport of kings? Outhouse racing.

Posted on June 30, 2013 by chrisbohjalian

Today is the last day of June, which means the NBA and NHL finals are (finally) behind us. Yup, we were watching NBA basketball into the third week of June and NHL ice — Ice! — hockey into the fourth. … Continue reading →

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My doomed romances — 20 love stories I savored

Posted on June 29, 2013 by chrisbohjalian

My new novel, THE LIGHT IN THE RUINS, began as a re-imagining of “Romeo and Juliet.” I was watching my daughter as one of the Shark girlfriends in a Vermont production of WEST SIDE STORY — Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, Stephen … Continue reading →

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Young love? Never grows old.

Posted on June 23, 2013 by chrisbohjalian

Here is the definition of dogs in heat. Penny Lydecker, a female yellow lab, is locked safely inside her house on McIntosh Court in Stamford, Connecticut in 1969, while her owners are off at work. Buffy Fenton, a male golden … Continue reading →

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Hope is the tie rack with feathers

Posted on June 16, 2013 by chrisbohjalian

It wasn’t the worst Father’s Day present ever: Children everywhere have given their fathers gifts that are far more troubling. Exhibit A? Anything at all from the Sky Mall catalog. Nothing says love quite like a Hobbit chess set or … Continue reading →

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UVM senior treks back into her Armenian past

Posted on June 16, 2013 by chrisbohjalian

Just how small is this world really? Sarah Aghjayan, 21, has been going to the University of Vermont since the autumn of 2010 and will begin her senior year there this September. Our paths have never crossed in Vermont. Yet … Continue reading →

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In a Turkish town that had 10,000 Armenians, now there is only one

Posted on June 8, 2013 by chrisbohjalian

A woman I met last month in southeastern Turkey is going to die, probably sometime soon. Asiya’s death will not be covered by any news service, and for all but a few people in her small village of Chunkush, she … Continue reading →

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It’s summer! Time to buckle up for redcoats and crummy joints!

Posted on June 2, 2013 by chrisbohjalian

Back in the day, we here in the Champlain Valley often made the redcoats’ lives hell – the breakfast brawl at Hubbardton notwithstanding. But my parents always had a soft spot in their hearts for one particular redcoat stationed at … Continue reading →

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