Monthly Archives: June 2012

The Broken Cameras of Emad Burnat

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Taline Voskeritchian

There’s a brief scene in Five Broken Cameras where Gibreel, the boy, is seated in the barber’s chair.  A large black and white collar is wrapped around him, beginning at his neck and covering his small body. The razor begins … Continue reading →

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Tips on Happiness 2: Between Dover Beach and Swampscott,MA

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Taline Voskeritchian

[We’ll stick with the word happiness but I don’t like it, as I made clear in Tip 1.  It’s not happiness, as Dr. Weil correctly points out. He likes contentment; I don’t like that either. It smells of zen serenity, … Continue reading →

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Walking away from the North End, to the sea

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Taline Voskeritchian

It’s good, actually, that there are so few visitor parking spots in our city’s North End, especially on a cool, beautiful night like tonight, when the sky is clear, the wind crisp, a bit salty.  We parked our car quite … Continue reading →

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In the Balkans 2: Montenegro

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Taline Voskeritchian

Montenegro–from Asbed Kotchikian’s photos of his travels through the Balkans.  

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