Photo of the Day for April 10, 2011: Interior Light VI / Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне VI

Interior Light VI.  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне (частка VI). 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 й няўлоўнае, і вечнае, і… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 10, 2011: Interior Light VI / Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне VI

Photo of the Day for April 8, 2011: Still Life I / Нацюрморт І

Still Life I.  Нацюрморт (частка І). A homey scene for Belarusans:  just-made halubtsy (stuffed cabbages), placed in the bowl on the right, await the oven;  a single piece of pig fat (sala), used to grease the pan, remains in the jar in front of a jar of home-made pickles from home-grown cucumbers; a half-full jar… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 8, 2011: Still Life I / Нацюрморт І

Photo of the Day for April 6, 2011: Hands V

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary”:  Hands V.  Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“: Рукі (частка V). Hard-working but ever graceful.  Alert even in repose, when they rest — as always — in their proper place.  I think Belarusan hands reveal most eloquently Belarusans’ distinctive and instinctive traditions and attachment to place. Працавітыя, але абавязкова зграбныя, дбайныя нават у… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 6, 2011: Hands V

Photo of the Day for April 4, 2011: Pakhnje chabor / Пахне чабор

A tribute to the Belarusan language (part I).  Паклон беларускай мове (частка І). With appreciation for pre-eminent Belarusan musician, writer, artist Ljavon Vol’ski’s song to Pjatrus’ Brouka’s poem “Pakhnje chabor” (“The air is fragrant with wild thyme”).  Дзякуй Лявону Вольскаму за “Пахне чабор”. Summer evening, Psuja 2007.  “Пахне чабо-о-о-р, пахне чабо-о-о-р, пахне чабо-о-о-р.”  Псуя ўлетку… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 4, 2011: Pakhnje chabor / Пахне чабор