Our annual Owain Glyndwr celebraton was held Friday September 15, 2023, 4:00-6:00 PM at the beautiful Lost Acres Vineyard (80 Lost Acres Road, North Granby, CT).
In addition to the Wine and Welsh Cheese Tastng, we heard the story of Owain Glyndwr. and took home a complimentary wine glass. Remaining whole Welsh cheeses will be available to purchase.
As part of our celebration, author Pamela Petro presented her new book: The Long Field - Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir.
The Long Field was published 2021 in the UK and named a Travel Book of the Year by The Financial Times and The Sunday Telegraph. It was also a finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award.
The author says, “In the book I braid hiraeth I’ve experienced —as an American who pines for Wales, as the daughter of a parent with dementia, as the survivor of a horrific Amtrak crash—into new and old hiraeth stories of Wales. Along the way I write about hiraeth in some startlingly new ways: queer hiraeth, hiraeth triggered by politics, technology, ecological crises, and immigraton. That said, while it’s a book about longing, it’s actually quite cheerful! My view of hiraeth evolves along the way from an awareness of loss and longing to a creatve response to loss, which I see as the genius of Welsh culture—maybe the wellspring of all creativity.”