Thursday, August 26, 2010

Intensity

passage L'Isle sur la Sorgue

Bull racing Arles

6 comments:

  1. Have you seen my picture by Gustave Riquet - "The Bullfight at Arles"?

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  2. Our dining chairs and writing desk came from L'Isle sur la Sorgue over twenty years ago - from a company called Vincent Mit L'ane, I think.

    Provence was so magical to us both after that drive down from Amsterdam and we still, especially in summer when thoughts turn to rose wine, talk about sitting on a restaurant deck right over the river having lunch and a full bottle of rose between us.

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  3. Patience Patience
    dans l'azur
    Chaque atôme de silence
    est la promesse
    d'un fruit mûr

    René Char (L'isle sur la sorgue)

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  4. Yes indeed. Some things don‘t change much, Columnist. I dedicate this post to you!

    Blue: It is so wonderful to have furnishings from a really magical spot to conjure up memories. This is the second summer we have vacationed at l‘Isle s/ la Sorgue. The town itself is a superb place for collectors and sun worshipers, which in my case also means heat worshipers. It so happens that we also took the Thalys to Amsterdam this summer.

    TG: Honteux - je suis allée à l’Isle sur la Sorgue sans lire la poésie de René Char! Ca donne envie portant. Merci, TG.

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  5. Just saw "My Mother's Castle" this weekend. A lovely tale of Provence from a child's eyes.

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  6. HbD: You might like the other books by Marcel Pagnol and the films "la Gloire de mon père" et "Manon des sources." Pagnol was a novelist, playwright and film maker.

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