Posts tagged ‘essoyes’
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
Back Home in Essoyes…
“…I had never really thought about whether or not I had a sacred place before being asked this question; but indeed Essoyes is the one place in this world where over the past couple of years I have felt my soul settling into its most appropriate spot. And there is a deep contentment that goes along with having found that place at last…”
Spring AT LAST!!!!
…I think I can (cautiously) announce that spring is finally here. At least in Essoyes, and all over France…
November in Essoyes (2017 Version)
The month began, of course, with Toussaint,…Then there was Armistice Day…
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 