I recently stumbled across old photos over the years, from my Fujifilm xT20 – totally forgot that I took them. Some first lockdown pandemic shots and laughs, beautiful shots in Napoli, stunning scenery from a balcony in Gaillard overlooking Annemasse, lazy spring afternoons on the other side of Geneva, a few from Sewita’s old appartment … Continue reading From my Fujifilm
Obitary in Tigrinya and English ተዘክሮ ሂወት ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ፡ ካብ ኣዲኣ ወይዘሮ ዘርፊቱ ጎብሩን፡ ኣቦኣ ኣይተ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ዓጽማትን ኣብ ኩዶ-ጭራ፡ ሰራየ ተወልደት፡፡ ኣሕዋታ ድማ፡ ሓረጉ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ኢስሃቕ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ዘውዲ ዓጽሙን ነበሩ፡፡ ኣቦኣ ብሕጻና ብሞት ስለዝተፈልዩ ተዘክሮ ኣይነበራን፡ ኣብ ሕጻንነታ ካብ’ቶም ኣዝያ ትዝክራን ከም ክቡር ዑንቊ ትሕብሕባን ዝነበረት ንእሽቶ ሓብታ ዘውድየይ ነበረት፡፡ ሓጎሳየይ፡ ኣብ … Continue reading Adey mearey: A Life of Love & Laughter
A trek,the long walkmengedi LemlemOff they wentእንዳ ኣቦይ ዓጽማት enda Aboy Atsmat, ኣደይ ማና Adey Mana and their በራውር berew’er; ዓንደ Ande and his siblings.Accompanying them was their netsela’s, cattle, tsebel and hopesPassing by villages, churches and shepherdsAboy Atsmat walked behind, guiding seb’u Hugush often played with deki Tehela“Ayni fenjal” they would call herusually the … Continue reading Home: The Trek
White for your ነጸላ (netsela)Clean, soft and warmmatched with most of your clothingor ጻዕዳ (tseada) for your beloved popcorn, over ቡን (bun), ሚለኑ (Milenu), some ዋታ (wata) and ወዲ ገብሩ(Wedi Gebru)ብጫ (becha) for your reassuring smile and cheeky giggles (pre asthma irritant),brightening every room you enterGreen for the beautiful ሹፎን (shoufon)each with its own pattern … Continue reading White, yellow and green ጻዕዳ, ብጫን ቀጠልያን
Zara Tewolde-Berhan 