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A Full Circle of Franco-American Friendship

We first met our friend Jacques in the fall of 1978 when we were hired to pick grapes for champagne in his family’s vineyards during the harvest, known in that beautiful language as la vendange….

Continue Reading August 18, 2015 at 6:17 am 6 comments

Bonne anniversaire, Maurice!

Our oldest citizen is thankfully in good health and good spirits. His cheerful, gentle smile brightens everyone’s day whenever they see him, as he makes the rounds of the village shopping for bread and groceries, always ready with a kind word, often with a mischievous quip and a twinkle in his eye…

Continue Reading May 27, 2015 at 1:33 am 1 comment

My Lovely Little Village in the Heart of France

My little village in the heart of France offers a kind of peaceful and deeply satisfying daily life that is quite common in many little French villages–and hard to find many other places in the world. In Essoyes the connection between past, present and future is easier to feel, somehow–in the continuity of traditions as well as in the slow, inexorable change that is one of life’s constants.

Continue Reading June 24, 2011 at 7:54 pm 2 comments

The Tour de France is Coming to Essoyes!

The “village Renoir” becomes “village de velo” for part of one very exciting day.

Continue Reading July 8, 2009 at 9:08 pm Leave a comment

Writing from the Heart in Essoyes

Fond memories of Writing from the Heart 2008…and anticipation of a new adventure in Essoyes!

Continue Reading April 14, 2009 at 7:15 pm Leave a comment

Essoyes, a wonderful little village in Champagne

…a perfect place to steal away and write from the heart…

Continue Reading April 3, 2009 at 6:08 pm Leave a comment

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