-----Original Message----- From: Eugene Ray Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:01 AM To: degruy@rootsweb.com Cc: eamcray@webtv.net Subject: LOST FRENCH NOBILITY-POETIC search for our roots in france / FRIENDS OF FRENCH ART 1985 touring our poignant remnants CHATEAU de LAYE-BEAUJOLAIS thomas jefferson/marquis pinet PILGRIMAGE TO CLOS de LUCE/ leonardo vinci jefferson homage +"FRIENDS OF FRENCH ART"+ >(arm of french cultural ministry)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >brought to light from my archive is a most beautiful magazine of a most elegent international group. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRIENDS OF A LOST FRENCH+ >degruy people< +ARISTOCRATIC MILIEU+ (could be another name) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CALIFORNIA PUBLICATION+ >i know little about the organization other then they tour chateaux in +PRE-REVOLUTIANARY+ +ARISTOCRACY+ >france and crafts studios of old >french furnishing companies<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THEIR MAGNIFICENT MAGAZINE+ >profuse color photos of the< >chateaux bus touring< +WAS PUBLISHED IN LOS ANGELES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >address of the 1985 vintage magazine publication was portugese bend an +WAYFAIRERS CHAPEL MILIEU+ >design by lloyd wright jr< (google my report) >elegent los angeles seaside suburb< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(i shall investigate to see if the organization continues) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VIEWING THE BEAUTIFUL MAGAZINE+ >is a poignant review of the french aristocracy still left trying to +AGAINST ODDS+ >keep the chateaux alive< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LOST FRENCH ARISTOCRACY+ >to see the noble faces of the counts and countesses that are left is an education for us of our lost +ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >there is a poignant link w/ our< +FRENCH LOUISIANA COLONIAL+ >plantations/people< +VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY+ >and our< +DUFOUCHARD deGRUY+ >and yes, degruise< ^^^^^^^^^^ +SELECTED FRENCH CHATEAU+ >toured by friends of french art< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"CHATEAU de LAYE"+ >1767< >old, worn, authentic, impressive look built on the site of an 11th c. chateau ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ELEGENT-SLENDER ARISTOCRATS+ (descendents of marquis de pinet) +THOMAS JEFFERSON FRIEND+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >home of the count & countess christian and francoise de franclieu, pictured +HE DARK BLUE COAT & TIE+ +SHE BLUE SILK SCARF+ >in their old marble entrance hall ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(they look like brother/sister of a +WHITE HAIR-NOBLE FACES+ >once elegent lost noble family) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MARQUIS de PINET+ >headed a regiment of beaujolais french soldiers that fought for america in the +AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR+ >jeffersons best french friend is >buried in the chateau chapel< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JEFFERSON VISITED THE CHATEAU+ >de laye-epinaye-beaujolais< ON MARCH 9TH 1787 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >thomas jefferson was a great lover of the natural environment and wrote >that beaujolais was the< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RICHEST COUNTRY HE HAD+ +EVER SEEN+ >one wonders if he ever saw louisiana as the degruy brothers struggled +TO CLEAR THE THICK JUNGLE+ >along bayou barataria< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRENCH BEAUJOLAIS SPRING+ >jefferson wrote that wild gooseberry was in leaf and wild pear was in a state of early spring bud ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +WE CAN ONLY PRAY+ >corporate reality< +THIS CONTINUES TODAY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +AMBOISE PILGRIMAGE+ >on june 6th thomas jefferson, our transcendent leader, visited the +CLOS DE LUCE+ >death locus of leonardo davinci<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RADIANT SYNCHRONICITY+ >stars of our radiant history< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >+THE DOMED STRUCTURES SO+< (montecello/new orleans) >+ADMIRED BY LEONARDO+< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california