Posts filed under ‘About Essoyes’
Springtime in Essoyes (2019)
With the opening of the Renoir home to the public two years ago, the village has been able, for the first time, to offer visitors to Essoyes the pleasure of seeing original works of art.
January in Essoyes (2019)
“This month I found myself inside our village church on three separate occasions–two of them large public events that filled the church with people–once with people mourning, once with them celebrating. The other time I found myself inside there completely alone, not exactly seeking solace, but finding it anyway…
Remembering Madame Cintrat…
“…this year, on the evening of New Year’s Day, the church bells in Essoyes tolled. They were not pealing joyously, as they had that very morning, to welcome a new year: they were now tolling mournfully, because Mme. Cintrat had died on Christmas Day,..”
Continue Reading January 27, 2019 at 8:56 am Leave a comment
Bonne Nouvelle Année d’Essoyes (2019)
“…And so we have arrived at a New Year that many of us hope will be better than the last one. This morning there was a rich, melodious, joyous pealing of the church bells to usher in the New Year…”
End-of-Autumn Thoughts…
“…I was lucky to be able to celebrate Thanksgiving this year with a wonderfully mixed group of American, French, and British friends at the home of the one other American in Essoyes this weekend….”
Continue Reading November 26, 2018 at 2:23 pm Leave a comment
A Fond and Sad Farewell to Bernard Pharisien, Beloved Son of Essoyes
A tribute to our beloved local historian…how we will miss him!
Remembering War, Looking Toward Peace: Armistice Day, 2018
It was an emotionally intense week in France last week as the country marked the 100th year anniversary of the end of the First World War….
Continue Reading November 13, 2018 at 10:23 am Leave a comment
An interview with Lin Wenjie, recipient of the Bourse Renoir
An interview with artist Lin Wenjie, recipient of the 2016 Bourse Renoir….(in English and in French)
Continue Reading October 26, 2018 at 10:01 am Leave a comment
It’s been an exciting week in Essoyes…
Most of the time my life here is pretty quiet, and that is a large part of the reason I love it so much. In Essoyes I have found a place where peaceful solitude, and the ability to concentrate on my work is fairly easy to achieve.
But last week was different….
Continue Reading October 17, 2018 at 11:03 am Leave a comment
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 