Month: September 2010

Women of Polesia I/Паляшучкі І Vjeljamichy 2010/Велямічы 2010

Summer’s End, Zhukhavichy Vjalikija 2009/На прыканцы лета, Жухавічы Вялікія 2009 год

Sorting Potatoes, Kozhava 2009/Кожава 2009 год

On September 17, 1939, in the framework of the secret annex to the Soviet-Nazi Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and while Germany was well into its invasion of Poland from the west, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east.  The Soviet regime occupied, annexed, and imposed thorough Sovietization on western Belarus in the 21 months before the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 17, 2010

Harvesting Potatoes, Trashchychy 2009/Трашчычы 2009 год

Portraits of Mjensk I/Партрэты Менску І Andrej Pjetrushenja, Mjensk 2010/Спадар Андрей Петрушэня, Менск 2010 год

There is something deeply comforting in the natural light that suffuses a Belarusian home.  This is a light as ineffable and timeless as it is bound to place and season.  Сонечнае сьвятло напаўняе беларускі дом і робіць яго невымоўна ўтульным. Гэтае сьвятло і няўлоўнае, і вечнае, і непарыўна зьвязанае са сваім месцам і сваім часам.… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 14, 2010

Autumn Bounty, Azjarany 2009/Азяраны 2009 год

A striking reminder that summer is ending is the mid- to late-August mass migration of storks from Belarus to their winter home in the Nile Delta.  Groups of storks assemble into large flocks and, wheeling and spiraling to catch favorable air currents, soar off to the south.  Fledglings, forced to sleep away from the nest… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 12, 2010

Flowers for 9-11 in front of the American embassy in Mjensk, September 13, 2001.  Каля амерыканскай амбасады ў Менску, 13 верасьня 2001 года.