April 29, 2013 4 WHILE WAITING FOR PROVENCE’S LAVENDER SEASON, ENJOY THOSE GORGEOUS POPPIES! Lavender and Provence are inextricably tied together in the minds of almost everyone who yearns to [...]
June 17, 2012 11 CARRIÉRES DE LUMIÉRES: A COOL PLACE TO VISIT The Carrières du Val d’Enfer–the quarries in the Valley of Hell–have provided limestone [...]
February 19, 2012 6 “VAN GOGH UP CLOSE” AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: AN EXAMINATION OF LANDSCAPES FROM PROVENCE AND AUVERS AND A FEW STILL LIFES FROM PARIS, TOO Befittingly, perhaps, we arrived in Philadelphia to find frigid temperatures and falling snow, just as van [...]
February 5, 2012 11 VAN GOGH’S LAST YEAR IN PROVENCE: REFUGE IN AN ASYLUM, STARRY NIGHTS, FIELDS OF WHEAT, AND IRISES Vincent van Gogh is on my mind again these days. Those Don McLean lyrics—“Starry, starry night, Paint [...]
December 18, 2011 4 LA POSTE: MEDIEVAL PRACTICES STILL LURK IN THE FRENCH POSTAL SYSTEM By Louis J. Salome Author of “Violence, Veils, and Bloodlines: Reporting from War Zones.” As Christmas [...]
January 16, 2011 3 MONTE DOLACK: RETRACING FAMOUS ARTISTS’ FOOTSTEPS IN PROVENCE If world-famous artists like Paul Cezanne and Vincent Van Gogh fell in love with Provence, Montana wildlife [...]