tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47096928296334065322024-03-05T22:16:00.174-08:00La MuseWriters' & Artists' Retreat in Southern France.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02311463939456205800noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709692829633406532.post-62853691367227948792013-03-11T02:30:00.000-07:002013-03-11T02:32:41.780-07:00Schools Kill Creativity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Can't believe we hadn't watched this beautiful Tedtalk on creativity in education by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Robinson_%28educationalist%29" target="_blank">Ken Robinson</a> until now!:
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And here's the wonderful follow up talk he gave four years later on the revolution needed in education:
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Labastide-Esparbairenque, France43.381177 2.394466999999963343.288873 2.2331054999999633 43.473481 2.5558284999999632tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709692829633406532.post-4793112671637896722013-01-16T08:52:00.000-08:002013-01-16T08:54:38.838-08:00Ophelia Redpath - The Lemur's Tale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of our artists, the lovely <a href="http://www.opheliaredpath.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ophelia Redpath</a>, has just had her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lemurs-Tale-Ophelia-Redpath/dp/1848772661" target="_blank">The Lemur's Tale</a> published.<br />
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Here's the book description: <br />
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A ring-tailed lemur is stowed away on a boat from Madagascar, and
eventually ends up in the home of an eccentric but dysfunctional family.
His night-time antics cause confusion, as he nibbles on the family's
plants and raids their larder. But he brings great joy once they
discover him curled up in a teapot, filling a little girl's life with
hope and happiness.</blockquote>
You can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lemurs-Tale-Ophelia-Redpath/dp/1848772661" target="_blank">buy it on Amazon here</a>. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709692829633406532.post-68366590476784237682013-01-15T03:52:00.000-08:002013-01-15T04:04:11.313-08:00New Books at La Muse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This morning, we opened the mail to find not one, but <b>two</b> recently published books written by former residents. Both books were worked on at La Muse.<br />
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François Villon (born c. 1430) is widely recognized as
one of France’s greatest lyric poets. A graduate of the Sorbonne and a
chronic jailbird, he was pardoned for knifing a priest, thrown in prison
for burgling a chapel, and eventually sentenced to hang. He
successfully appealed the sentence and was instead banished from Paris
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Here's what Nancy Freeman Regalado, Professor of French at NYU had to say about David's translation:<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Georgi’s lively, nuanced translation, accompanied by a newly-revised
French text and the most comprehensive (and enjoyable!) notes of any
English translation of Villon, is set to become the definitive Villon
text for classroom use….Georgi makes Villon’s poems delightfully
accessible to English speakers, whether students of French, teachers,
scholars, or lovers of poetry.</span></div>
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You can buy David's wonderful translation of Villon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Fran%C3%A7ois-Villon/dp/0810128780" target="_blank">here on Amazon.</a><br />
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The second is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15792077-all-souls" target="_blank">All Souls</a>', by Canadian poet and novelist <a href="http://rheatregebov.ca/" target="_blank">Rhea Tregebov</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15792077-all-souls" target="_blank">All Souls</a> is a beautiful book of poetry.<br />
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Here's one of the poems Rhea wrote at La Muse (<a href="http://labastideesparbairenque.com/" target="_blank">Labastide Esparbairenque</a> is our village):<br />
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<b>Labastide-Esparbairenque, France</b>
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Here it is exactly: beauty and decay.
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Though nothing is exact about
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this town: walls as much mountain as wall,
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crevices sparsely in flower. Drystone
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fences marking the fields, wattle fences,
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their branches laced into the grid of wire.
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This place makes me think
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crooked, different from the machined
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thoughts of the city. Euclid was a dope.
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Try to calculate the area of that irregular
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field beyond the rusted railing, the garden
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rough below the terrace, its order,
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disorder. A pebble budges. Or
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the azalea bush, spottily in bloom,
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one of its bright petals shifting in a bit
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of wind. The infinite perimeter of this
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tuft of grass, moss on the rock below.
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The distance between there and here.
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Here's one of the shorter poems from the collection:<br />
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<b>Perspective/Parallax: Son</b>
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I picked you up. I picked you
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up and put you under my arm.
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I tossed you in the air.
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You were that small.
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Nothing had hurt you.
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You didn’t know hunger,
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you didn’t know cold.
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For a little while I kept you
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from harm.
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You can read a recent interview with Rhea about the book <a href="http://thetorontoquarterly.blogspot.ca/2012/11/rhea-tregebov-all-souls-interview.html" target="_blank">here</a> or you can buy her collection <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/All-Souls-Rhea-Tregebov/dp/1550653385" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Also, Melanie Simms, an associate professor in Coventry, England and past resident, just wrote to us about her newly published book, <a href="http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100825300" target="_blank">Union Voices,</a> published by Cornell University Press.<br />
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Melanie wrote the first part of her book at La Muse.<br />
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You can read more about her book and what she had to say about her experience at La Muse <a href="http://lamuseinn.com/melanie-simms/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Thanks to the lovely photographer and artist <a href="http://www.alwildey.com/node/13">Al Wildey</a> for shooting this video of the September Art Show. And thanks to everyone who was on retreat here last month for helping out!<br />
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You can check out links to all the artists in the show under the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8ML2ok6lPzs">video on Youtube</a>.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com02 Impasse de la Fontaine, 11380 Labastide-Esparbairenque, France43.381177 2.39446743.012059 1.762753 43.750295 3.0261810000000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709692829633406532.post-29442376103363518172012-09-01T03:33:00.000-07:002012-09-01T03:35:17.183-07:00The Muses...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of our neighbor's daughter's, Hope Whitmore, just wrote a piece for <a href="http://www.mslexia.co.uk/index.php" target="_blank">Mslexia magazine</a> about the Muses, inspired by names of <a href="http://lamuseinn.com/muses/" target="_blank">our rooms at La Muse</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com011380 Labastide-Esparbairenque, France43.381177 2.39446743.288852500000004 2.2365385 43.4735015 2.5523955000000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709692829633406532.post-1017330878194244832012-07-26T09:51:00.000-07:002012-07-26T09:52:46.020-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Two lovely artists, Mary Scurlock from Virginia in the States and Åse Pleym Bakken from Norway had an expo of the work they created at La Muse.<br />
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First there were aperitifs:<br />
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Then the Expo:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/">Shakespeare & Company Bookshop</a>, a bastion of past literary fame, is accepting applications for its </span>10,000 Euros<a href="https://www.parisliteraryprize.org/"> "Paris Literary Prize<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">."</span></a><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">The prize is funded by the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">De Groot Foundation and is awarded for a novella. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Examples they give </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"> of classics </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">are</span> <i>The Old Man and the Sea</i>, <i>Animal Farm, L'Étranger</i> and <i>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</i>.<br />
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Another great thing besides the money is the fact that it is<br />
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The 2 runner-up awards are for 2,00 Euros and all 3 winners are invited to a weekend stay in Paris to attend the Prize ceremony and read from their work at a special event at Shakespeare and Company.<br />
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Here are <a href="https://www.parisliteraryprize.org/eligibility-conditions.htm">the submission requirements</a> and here's<a href="https://www.parisliteraryprize.org/how-to-enter.htm"> how to enter.</a><br />
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Good Luck!<br />
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We just found out that one of our writer's, <a href="http://cometcoaching.com/writing_bio.htm">Shanti Elke Bannwart</a>, just had her memoir published.<br />
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It's called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Foot-Growing-Nazi-Germany/dp/0865348561">Dancing On One Foot: Growing up in Nazi Germany.</a> <br />
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The last chapter “Song and Silence”, is about Shanti's stay here at La Muse.<br />
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You can read Shanti's profile on the Musers section of our site <a href="http://lamuseinn.com/2012/05/shanti-elke-bannwart/">here.</a><br />
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Well done, Shanti! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Labastide-Esparbairenque, France43.381177 2.39446743.3350145 2.315503 43.4273395 2.473431tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709692829633406532.post-58008961624616197032012-04-02T11:40:00.001-07:002012-04-02T11:41:33.970-07:00Artist VideoOur friend <a href="http://www.thomasdarnell.com/">Tom</a>, who lives down the road in the Herault, just uploaded a lovely video of his wonderful art.<br />
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Please take a moment to check it out and pass it on: <br />
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The title of the essay is <i>A Country Where You Once Lived</i> and you can read it <a href="http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/433/a_country_where_you_once_lived">here</a>.<br />
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Sheryl's most recent book is<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Let-It-Be-Dark-Roux/dp/1932870164"> <em>Let It Be a Dark Roux: New and Selected Poems</em></a>, and her collection of lyric essays <em>Navigating Disaster</em> will be published by Louisiana Literature Press soon.<br />
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Sheryl comes from New Orleans but lives in Pittsburgh where she directs the <a href="http://www.chatham.edu/mfa/">mfa program in creative writing at Chatham University</a>. <br />
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Please watch it, tweet it and like it to spread the word!<br />
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<blockquote>Rejecting the dictatorship of world financial markets and defending the social values of modern democracy, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Hessel">93-old Stéphane Hessel</a> -- Resistance leader, concentration camp survivor, and former UN speechwriter -- reminds us that life and liberty must still be fought for, and urges us to reclaim those essential rights we have permitted our governments to erode since the end of World War II. </blockquote><br />
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and here's the son of a gay couple in Iowa:<br />
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</tbody></table>Well done to the lovely Londoner <a href="http://twitter.com/tanyabyrne">Tania Byrne</a>!<br />
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Her debut novel <i>Heart-Shaped Bruise</i> is going to be <a href="http://headline.co.uk/authorprofile.aspx?AuthorID=78506">published next May by Headline</a>.<br />
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Tanya started the novel at La Muse and is now really excited about writing the next one. (Headline also bought up the rights to that one too.) <br />
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The story is about Emily Koll, the most notorious inmate of Archway Young Offenders Institution. Through her journals, she relates the story of how far she went to get revenge on the girl whose testimony sent her father to prison.<br />
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This is what the commisioning editor had to say about Tanya's novel:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">Her writing is stunning and we’re convinced she’s got a fabulous career ahead of her.</blockquote>We're so excited for Tanya. Again, well done!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Aude, France43.381177 2.394466999999963342.9756 1.6186094999999634 43.786754 3.1703244999999631tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709692829633406532.post-58845758632046140402011-10-20T09:34:00.000-07:002011-10-20T09:40:17.273-07:00Jill Satterfield - Winter Yoga Retreats<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://lamuseinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cow-vidura.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1117" height="408" src="http://lamuseinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cow-vidura-1024x680.jpg" title="cow vidura" width="600" /></a></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b></b> <b>New Year’s Yoga Retreat:</b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">December 27-January 3</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Winter Yoga Retreat:</b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">February 2-9</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b></b><b>200 hr. Yoga Teacher Training Retreat:</b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">February 27-March 15</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b>A</b><b>bout Jill:</b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://lamuseinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kripalu.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1119" height="300" src="http://lamuseinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kripalu-300x225.jpg" title="kripalu" width="400" /></a><a href="http://www.vajrayoga.com/">Jill Satterfield</a> was named one of the "four leading Buddhist and Yoga teachers in the country" by the <a href="http://www.shambhalasun.com/news/?p=14607"><i>Shambhala Sun</i></a> Magazine and is a pioneer in the field of mind body awareness. She has been teaching and consulting for over 20 years.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;">Jill is the founder of <a href="http://www.vajrayoga.com/"><i>Vajra Yoga & Meditation</i></a>, a synthesis of yoga and Buddhism that combines meditation, yoga postures, visualization and contemplation practices.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;">She is also the founder and Director of the <a href="http://www.schoolforcompassionateaction.org/">School for Compassionate Action</a>: Meditation, Yoga and Education for Communities in Need and Those Who Serve Them, a not for profit that trains teachers and offers classes to at-risk youth, people suffering with chronic pain and illnesses, PTSD, and addictions.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;">Jill turned to meditation and yoga 30 years ago to successfully heal from a debilitating physical condition coupled with acute chronic pain while in art school. In 1992, she extended her exploration of the integral relationship of the mind and body through the study of Buddhism. Jill is on the founding faculty of<a href="http://www.spiritrock.org/page.aspx?pid=275"> Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Mindfulness for Yoga Training</a> and the Kripalu Institute’s Integral Leadership Program for young adults. Jill was scholar and teacher in residence at the <a href="http://www.kripalu.org/">Kripalu Center </a>in 2004. She has been featured in <i>the New York Times</i>, <i>Crains</i>, <i>NY Post</i>, <i>MORE</i>, <i>Self</i>, <i>Marie Claire</i>, <i>Tricycle</i> and <i>Yoga Journal</i> amongst others.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b>In Her Words:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
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<blockquote>Sometimes we leave home, forget about our body, and neglect our hearts. Our mind gets scattered to the winds as we become consumed by life’s details, looking outwardly, not inwardly. </blockquote><blockquote>During this 7-day yoga and meditation retreat our yoga practice will bring us back to the earth through the vehicle of the body, re-discovering alignment, remembering space, sweeping the body physically and energetically clean. </blockquote><blockquote>We will practice meditation on its own as well as through each yoga asana and in general mindfulness for awareness, re-centering, renewed intention, and re-kindling focus. </blockquote><blockquote>Most importantly, we’ll see our way back home through the eyes of our heart, opening windows of kindness so that we might take care, accept and embrace ourselves and others. </blockquote><blockquote><div align="center" style="text-align: left;">Please bring journals and a camera to record your thoughts and the practices that we will cover. You will leave with wonderful memories, a refreshed and invigorated practice, and many prescriptions for a home practice of meditation, mindful asana and <i>pranayama</i>.</div></blockquote><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://lamuseinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/spirit-rock.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1132" height="640" src="http://lamuseinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/spirit-rock.jpg" title="spirit rock" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
<b>Fees:</b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yoga Workshop</i>:</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">500.00 Euros.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i>Accommodation</i>:</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Calliope</b>: 870 Euros (queen-size double, private salon, ensuite toilet, spa-style bath, shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Erato</b>: 625 Euros (double with ensuite toilet, bath and shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Clio</b>: 670 Euros (double with ensuite toilet, bath and shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Euterpe</b>: 625 Euros (double with ensuite shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Thalia</b>: 625 Euros (double with ensuite shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Melpomene</b>: 570 Euros (double with shared toilet and shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Terpsichore</b>: 570 Euros (double with shared toilet, bath and shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Polyhymnia</b>: 570 Euros (double with shared toilet, bath and shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Urania</b>: 570 Euros<b> </b>(double with shared toilet, bath and shower)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Chapelle Cottage</b>: 1070 Euros (two double bedrooms that share a shower and toilet)</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">Check out the rooms <a href="http://www.lamuseinn.com/muses">here</a>.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;">Accommodation fee includes:</div><ul><li> evening meals</li>
<li> local transportation (airport pickup, a trip to the grocery store on the way up to La Muse, and departure drop off).</li>
<li>Couples Welcome. There is a 25% double occupancy fee for couples.</li>
<li>Participants shop for and prepare their own breakfasts and lunches.</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;">We look forward to meeting you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lamuseinn.com/contact/">Email us now for availability!</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Labastide-Esparbairenque, France43.381177 2.394466999999963343.353091 2.3592949999999631 43.409263 2.4296389999999635tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709692829633406532.post-86798857282548283002011-10-06T10:39:00.000-07:002011-10-06T10:40:36.147-07:00Irish TV Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So, the lovely <a href="http://juliannemooney.com/">Julianne Mooney</a> talked us up on her slot on Ireland's TV3 show <i>Ireland AM</i>.<br />
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You can watch the interview <a href="http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=40843&locID=1.65.74%20">here.</a><br />
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So here's the video of Deborah's Expo that we promised:<br />
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You can find out more about Deborah <a href="http://lamuseinn.com/2011/08/deborah-clarke/">here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deborah, just before people came to see her paintings...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deborah talking to Kerry and the American playwright Nora Seilheimer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John having fun talking to the locals about the paintings of their dogs an houses...</td></tr>
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Above is the poster for Deborah Clarke's <b>"Scenes From a Village"</b> which is showing here today and tomorrow!<br />
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Deborah lives in Grenoble and has been to La Muse three time now. You can check out more of her great watercolors <a href="http://deborahclarke.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/a-wonderful-day-of-exhibiting-in-bernin/#comment-2">here</a>. <br />
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So, a call to all former Musers: we are reducing the high season retreat rate to<b> 600 Euros</b> for the three weeks, on a first come first serve basis!<br />
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That's nearly <i style="color: red;">400 Euros</i> off on Clio and <i><span style="color: red;">335 Euros</span> </i>off on Euterpe<span style="color: red;"></span>! <br />
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And for all of you out there who have not been to La Muse before: we are reducing the high season retreat rate to <b>750 Euros</b> for the three weeks retreat, again on a first come first serve basis!<br />
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That means nearly <i><span style="color: red;">200 Euros</span></i> off Euterpe and <i><span style="color: red;">245 Euros</span> </i>off Clio!<br />
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<a href="mailto:getaway@lamuseinn.com">Email us now to book your room</a> or please spread the news! <br />
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Anyway, just wanted to let you all know about our friends' Didier and Jenn's great wine at the <a href="http://www.collinedelhirondelle.com/">Colline de l'hirondelle</a>.<br />
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It's in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douzens">Douzens</a>, not that far from here.<br />
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At left is their latest wine ad. Classic!<br />
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Wait! It's a little leek! A wild little leek... <br />
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Dinner! Savory, slightly bitter, a meaty dish. Wild food is so nourishing, it's filling. To fill it out into frittata: Pour in four eggs beaten with a grated chunk of Parmesan, and bake it for 20 minutes. So good you'll scurry out for more.<br />
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