“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” – Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths you Can’t Avoid
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde
“We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what the are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
– John Locke
“Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.”
– Julia Penelope
Salut/Rencontres
Antoine comes to the café
Each morning
A magazine in hand
Periodicals about small boats
Or great ships
The sea courses
Through his veins
Antoine skims le journal (newspaper)
Drinks his café
Diving deeper into
His nautical world
Pausing to acknowledge
Friends
Today he shows me
A new book “Milk Cows”
U boats of WWII – hardback
En anglais
In turn, I produce my
Latest paperback of French poems
On parting we raise les livres
And laugh
Bisous,
Léa
poetry, photos and musings oh my! 
Oh I just love this! Fabulously written ! And in two languages too! Meetings in coffee shops/cafes are just the best sort of meetings!
Love Christine x
Thank you so much! Antoine won’t say a word in English, which I appreciate, it makes me work harder. He is a man of few words but each says so much. Can anyone tell me anything more civil than coffee and reading/writing? NO! 🙂
Bisous (kisses- after all, this is France)
Léa
So interesting finding out a little bit more about your life and ambience a wee bit at a time!
You should see the view from here! I never would have believed that life could be so FABULOUS! 🙂
oh i love this…i feel like i fell right into a beautiful painting…would love to join the two of you in the cafe – a bit of everyday magic… he sounds like an interesting character
In France, magic has wings! There are many interesting characters here. Thank you. New photo? Nice!
i love france and the french…yes…new pic…Steve E chose it for me…smiles
What isn’t to love? smiles