Bonne Nouvelle Année from Essoyes
“It has NOT been a quiet week in “Lake” Essoyes, my part-time, adopted French home town.
Not quiet at all, no….”
Our Little Bibliothèque
“I have been thinking about libraries lately…”
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November in Essoyes (2017 Version)
The month began, of course, with Toussaint,…Then there was Armistice Day…
Hallowe’en and Toussaint in Essoyes
The season is entering one of its most beautiful moments, as the leaves turn color and the low-slanting light of autumn works its magic…
A Wonderful Day in Troyes-in-Champagne
Like many people, my favorite city in France is Paris. But my second-favorite city in France is not so well known. So please allow me to introduce you to a beautiful, medium-sized city in eastern France, about two and a half hours southeast of Paris, that you really should think about visiting if you haven’t already…
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Early Autumn in Essoyes
…I am enjoying the pleasure of being once again on the edge of the forest. Listening to the birds, seeing them hop around on the railing outside my window, or peek inside. Enjoying the sound of wings flapping–is it an owl, is it a hawk? I have no idea, but whoever it is that goes scuttering out of the tops of the trees when I walk down the path in the mornings to get wood for the fire has very big, strong wings….
One more vendange come and gone…
The vendange has already come and gone…it was exceptionally early this year….
Interview with Bernard Pharisien, Local Historian (in English and in French)
An interview with the man who probably knows more about the history of Essoyes, and the Renoir family in Essoyes, than anyone else…
Essoyes à la Belle Epoque…a magnificent success!
“As part of the department-wide Year of Renoir, the village of Essoyes hosted a weekend-long return to the year 1900—to celebrate and showcase what Essoyes was like in the height of the period when Renoir and his family would come to the village, to paysanner (enjoy the countryside)…”
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 