Category: Travel
Posts about my recent travels in Europe and other locations.
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The Saint with a Book
In the village of books, Montolieu, Can you imagine–a village of books! Montolieu village du livre,bouquinistes, librairie,livres d …
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
Categories: Travel
Introducing the New Cathar Resistance!
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French sentences return to France!
Today during our hike to Cubservies, I thought it would be fun to stop and write a short impression here in this place, having these experiences. When I was in France last fall I wrote a series of what I called “french sentences,” which were merely a riff on Allen Ginsberg’s American sentences—a seventeen syllable…
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Cubservies — The Hike that Ended as Expected!
Hey—the French sentence returns! 17 word sentences (based on Ginsberg’s idea of the American sentence) written in France about being in France.
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Lucky Me!
I’m back at La Muse in beautiful Labastide Esparbairenque, France with photography professor Alex Emmons and our class of eight students enrolled in “Creative Writing and Digital Photography in Medieval France.” Today was our first chance to get out into the sunshine and explore the area. Suzanne Blons and Brandy Dohrman (right) relax on the…
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Back at La Muse!!
Categories: Travel
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Respite in the Catskills
Categories: Travel
I’ve come to the end of my nearly week-long visit with my friends Mark and James. They live in an 18th century farmhouse in the Hudson Valley with chickens, bees and cats. I was so relaxed I don’t even remember what we did during my stay. I finished my sock project for February, and I…
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L’ Oeuf Magnifique
Today we drove up the mountain north of St. Julien to do LAND ART with the artist Christophe Eppe. Homer couldn’t come with us. He would have been in the way. Two of our sculptures began as spheres and then collapsed. It was a little discouraging. On the left, Christophe checks out our ultimately successful rock…
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Petit Oeuf
Homer the dog couldn’t come with us up the mountain to build LAND ART with Christophe Eppe. We drove north of St. Julien to an open area Christophe had picked out.