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Here, musicians***, poets and gardeners are welcome.
We are located in the département du Tarn, in the southwest of France, near a beautiful village named Lautrec. This (can be seen in the pictures) is a big house in the country surrounded by a garden, fields, a little pond and a little brook.
I'm 76, I am French and I worked as an English and French teacher for 26 years. Until the confinement caused by the pandemic, I also worked as an "assistante familiale", fostering children in need of a temporary home. It's at this time that I learned of a diagnosis of cancer, which placed me in the "vulnerable" category. But I am a fighter, a "lutteuse", and I know I will find all courage to face this test.
My life has always been oriented towards cultural and intergenerational encounter. Our aim, therefore, is to include culture in life through various fields of artform: music, poetry, theatre and plastic arts. (I say "our" because what I'm talking about can only be built with others.)
As for projects, we can invent them or bring them to completion. Ideas that have been started are: organising concerts in the large reception room at home where everybody can participate through song or lyric, an illustration of a book of anecdotes, preparation for a concert at home on August 30, participation in music and poetry in friendly meetings and,above all, to finish setting up the association and organisation of courses to be held here
Would you, yourself, suggest a topic for a course?
If cultural activities are predominant here, cultivating the soil seems to us just as well a noble and poetical activity. Every day, we all face the grass bravely (ha ha ha !), in order to maintain a beautiful kitchen garden for all upcoming seasons.
****Would you accompany me on guitar or piano to sing in bars or gatherings? We especially (urgently!) need a piantist at present to accompany me for 'les chanson fançaises' (Barbara, Ferré, Brel, Piaf, Brassens, Reggiani etc.). I would like to organise public performances again to earn the means to repare our roof and the heater! Salary guaranteed for the pianist of course.
**** Since the covid pandemia , I stopped fostering children. So, having less income, I will ask volunteers to share food expenses according to their possibilities (only according to their possibilities).Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Trabajo de caridad
Proyectos artísticos
Jardinería
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Our project is obvious for what concerns cultural aspects : the "icing on the cake", the extraordinary luck we have is to live near an amazing place : a café-bookshop which organizes all year round concerts, plays, circus, little festivals, philosophical meetings, artists' "residences". Quality guaranteed !
I started welcoming workawayers in July 2016 and, today, I am always as enthusiastic about meeting all these travellers, often different but whose common aim is to share very human adventures.Ayuda
Gardening for sure, a bit masonry eventually, some cooking and housework (sharing the family-life), taking part in cultural projects (artists' stays at home, welcoming or visiting lonely old people to talk and/or read with them, organizing writing workshops, planning parties about music, poetry and friendship and a lot of other projects we could decide together).
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Francés: FluidoAlojamiento
Enough bedrooms for 6 persons in our house, two bathrooms for all, a very big living-room with a fireplace, a kitchen to share, a music-room, big libraries, a big garden, a swimming-pool, etc.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
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She cooked, prepared many dishes that we appreciated,… read more
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I was lucky enough to have one of Marys friends lend me his bass guitar… read more
Il n'aime pas rester sans rien faire, alors il prend des initiatives et trouve toujours quelque chose à faire, que ce soit bêcher le jardin, désherber au pied des arbres fruitiers, ranger et nettoyer l'arrière-cuisine, ou… read more
Merci, Maïté, pour tous les services que… read more
Mary a pris le temps et de la patience pour… read more
Mary est quelqu’une qui donne tout mais qui… read more
D’abord, Mary a été une guide excellente: d’une partie elle a été une bonne professeure en nous donnant beaucoup des leçons de… read more
Il a largement contribué à la réussite de nos interventions tant en milieu scolaire (dans une classe de maternelle) qu'à la maison de retraite, à l'occasion de rendez-vous ludiques avec les membres de notre association,… read more
We really felt that Mary wanted us to be a part in her life and we are so glad that we met her. Such a warm and welcoming person.
Although the heating didn’t function so well and it was quiet cold in the house, the… read more
Mary est quelqu’un qui te consacre vraiment du temps: elle prend en compte de tes intérêts et elle est toujours encourageante. Au niveau de la langue française, par exemple,… read more
It has been a real family life ! We seldom went out of course but she organized her time to keep fit and to be available for a lot of activities including cooking, housework, gardening, going to meet the… read more
The house and the… read more
She loves helping you learn French and put a lot of effort into creating worksheets for me to use for which I am very grateful.
There is always things to do at the house and Mary… read more
Mary is a cultivated women who likes arts, music, writing and is always on the go with so many things and projects you can’t… read more
This was my first workaway experience and I could confirm that the comments in this list were all true! I recommend 100% to spend some days with this woman and her story of life. She is really opened to teach, to learn, to debate. A respectful and very considerate… read more
She always tries to take care of all the Workawayers,even though we can be many!
Mary dedicates her time in humain interaction, cultural exchange and art. It’s something very rare to see in the big… read more
Thank you for the wonderful moments spent with your lovely family and being part of your daily life for some days.
It was an experience I will never forget. It meant a lot.
I'll miss it! :)
Take care!
castles and old trees
passing us
While you drive
You Put your seat belt after 10 km
I'm trying to remember everything you say
So I can seed your words inside me.
You point at the sky, at the road, at the mirror
You call then by their name
In Franch
I ask you about love, about fulfilling yourself
'I live for the others' ,… read more
Mary est une femme généreuse, pleine d'énergie et… read more
Whilst staying with Mary, I got lots of French practice done and Mary very kindly wrote out grammar rules for me and we sat down to practice it together. I… read more
In terms of work, we did jobs in the garden like weeding and hedge trimming and helped out in the kitchen with preparing meals, baking cakes and setting the table. Aside from that we had a lot of fun taking part in a concert… read more
Mary… read more
Marie aime vraiment l´idée Workaway. Pour elle, les personnes sont la prémier chose. Je m´ai senti très appreciée.
Il faut la connaître pour savoir quelle sort personne elle est. La gent autour d´elle la décrit comme "exceptionelle".
La séjour… read more
Mary is one of the most active people I've ever met and she's constantly coming up with new ideas for her cultural projects. It's altogether a very rewarding experience to be in an atmosphere like this, where I was treated like one of the family… read more
On la sentait à l'aise autant dans les activités… read more
Mon séjour chez Mary fut mon premier workaway. Je devais y rester 10 jours, j'y suis resté 4 mois et j'y retourne en janvier !
Mary est une femme formidable, généreuse, ouverte aux autres, comique (j'ai une petite préférence pour ses performances d'imitatrice). Elle est très active et recherche cette même énergie… read more
Lovely place, good work and you will never be hungry. Lots and lots of good food.
Good place if you know how to work alone and if you love poetry.
She has very nice and interesting friends.
Muy feliz de haber estado ahí.
Salut
She lives to give her best to the others. She has an intense life, a huge sense of humor, a very clever and really good french teacher!
Mary dedicate herself to the workawayers. I think she could be the simbol for hospitality and workaway meaning.
She has a stage at home and 2 times in… read more
Thank you again Mary
Merci encore Mary… read more
I think it's kind of difficult to explain… read more
Two workawayers were there at the same time as me. We helped with meals, worked in the garden, worked on developing a method for learning languages, contributed to the blog and practiced… read more
Il nous est difficile de trouver les mots appropriés pour décrire la formidable personne que tu es. Nous n’avons été en ta compagnie que pendant huit jours, mais avons tout de même eu l’impression d’avoir grandit a tes cotés. Chaque jour, Olivier et moi étions émerveillés par ton entrain, ton enthousiasme, ta joie de vivre et par tes… read more
Mary is an incredibly generous and caring woman, and she welcomes her guests like family.
She lives in the small, picturesque village of Lautrec, which dates back to the Middle Ages. The area has a great sense of community, with the neighbours all knowing one another and helping each other out. I… read more