Morning walk through the vineyards, past the ponies in the meadow, along the winding village street. In the chateau, the sounds of leaving: the zip and thud of suitcases, the car in the courtyard.
Writing is its own place: you have to go inside (yourself) and stay there. As long as it is quiet enough, I think I could write anywhere. But I will miss the physical joys and material pleasures of Lavigny, its rolling fields and rose gardens, the view to the lake and the Alps, the silk-canopied beds and deeply quiet rooms. I will miss my writing desk in front of a window completely filled with the cool green leaves of a sycamore tree. I will miss getting up from this desk in the late afternoon and going down to Lake Geneva to swim. I will miss the magpies and the starlings and the lavender sky at dusk.
I will miss having breakfast with poets.
Ms. Zeppa, I'm planning a short trip to Bhutan. and went to the library last week to look for books on the country. Not surprisingly, there were only a handful; yours was one of the three that I borrowed. I'm so glad I did. It's a beautiful account of life in a fascinating country and I couldn't put it down. Thank you for a wonderful read.
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Thank you, Nimmy, for your kind note. Best wishes for your own journey into Bhutan.
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