grebeni garden, grebeni, russia, 1992
"childhood secrets sprout in a weedy garden in grebeni, one of hundreds of villages lining the banks of volga mutushka, or mother volga. though mechanized farming has transformed rural life throughout the volga's heartland, echoes of russia's past still linger in the sounds of laughter skipping across the river, the sunset barking of dogs, and the distant splashing of fishermen's oars."
from "a russian voyage: from the white to black sea," june 1994, national geographic magazine
童年的秘密在grebeni的一个满是杂草的花园中萌芽了，grebeni是数百个伏尔加母亲河（volga matushka,or mother volga）河岸村庄中的一个。尽管机械化农业生产改变了整个伏尔加河心脏地带的田园生活，但昔日的俄罗斯的回响仍在掠过河水的笑声中，黄昏的狗吠声中，以及远处渔夫划桨飞溅的水声中徘徊。