The Dining room has its own wood burning stove, cookbooks, a love seat and beautiful floral cement tiles. Below is one of the paintings the Australian artist Kate McBride donated to La Muse.

About La Muse
La Muse is a writer and artist retreat in southern France. Get Inspired!Cila Warncke
Who: Cila Warncke. Where: Current location, London. What: Cila’s an Anglo-American writer, journalist and occasional barista. She’s living her dream by writing a book about people who live their dreams. In Her Words: I am still trying to wrap my head around La Muse and figure out what happened there — all I know is I [...]
Gerard Marconi
Who: Gerard Marconi. Where: Maryland, United States. What: Jerry earned his master’s degree at Johns Hopkins University and spent more than thirty years as a teacher and administrator in arts education. He studied fiction writing in seminars and workshops with writers such as Lee K. Abbott, Roxana Robinson, Jennifer Haigh, and T. Greenwood. His short [...]
Dorothy Johnston
Who: Dorothy Johnston. Where: Canberra, Australia. What: Dorothy’s an award winning Australian novelist. She’s written eight novels, one of which, The Trojan Dog, won the ACT Book of the Year prize in 2001. She has also written a collection of short stories, The Division of Love. She was born in Geelong, Victoria and trained as [...]
Tanya Byrne
Who: Tanya Byrne Where: London, England What: Best to let Tanya describe herself: In Her Words: Tanya Byrne was born in London and studied in Surrey, where she still lives with her cat who goes by several names, none of which he actually answers to. After eight years working for BBC Radio, she left to [...]
Jill Satterfield Vajra Yoga & Meditation - 200 Hour Teacher Training
Feb. 26th -March 15th Join Jill Satterfield MBC/RYT-500 founder of Vajra Yoga for a 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified teacher training at La Muse. Vajra Yoga + Meditation integrates Buddhist meditation and philosophy directly into the practice of yoga. It is contemplative, contemporary and practical. Through the direct experience of the body as the home [...]
Marilyn Gaffney
Who: Marilyn Gaffney. Where: Westmeath, Ireland. What: Marilyn is a visual artist and John O’Leary award winner. She obtained a First Class Honours degree from Sligo IT. She is currently studying Masters Fine Art at National College of Art and Design, Dublin. In Her Words: I am interested in psychology of the unconscious in relation [...]
Creative Writing Workshop - Rachel Ephraim
Rachel Ephraim is a creative writing instructor for Writopia Lab, a non-profit organization that holds writing workshops for kids 8-18. She is also Founder and Director of FreeBird Workshops, a grassroots workshop for adults in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently getting her M.F.A. from Columbia University and is working on her first novel, which is [...]
Jill Satterfield Yoga Retreat - Living an Inspired Life
Living an Inspired Life Yoga Retreat: February 2-9 In Her Words: Space in the heart, mind and body allows for creativity to blossom, ideas to flow – choices to be seen. This delicious spaciousness is more readily accessed when the body, mind and heart are drawn together, and synthesized in communication. Through the practice of [...]
Rebecca Clay Haynes
Who: Rebecca Clay Haynes Where: Santa Fe, New Mexico until mid-December. Rebecca recently ran away from home and is traveling between global writer/artist residencies on a low-cost literary and spiritual quest. Southeast Asia next spring, Europe for the summer and South America next fall. What: A longtime journalist, Rebecca now focuses on writing fiction and, [...]