It's tipping down outside - and I love this. After a warm day and a long day at work, I love the rain.
However, after a long day of work, I'm buggered and I don't want to fret over what to write about tonight so I pulled a Dev Card.
Tonight's card is cute.
Ten minutes writing anything, but you can't use the letter A. Write anything, stream of consciousness, shopping list, highlights reel, poem, love story... but you can't use the letter A (once the prompt is finished)
This will be fun. As I've got an A centric name, this might get dodgy.
OK. Here we go.
--ooOoo--
Going home, the people in front of me were conversing in French. Francophiles, self-possessed they held themselves with style. The French often do. The younger one pointed out stores... Bunnings, the shopping centres, shops which reek of this country's weird, close-minded view of shops - the bigger, the better.
Me, hunched over my phone, I continued with my online French lesson. Three years of French lessons were bearing fruit. I conjugate French verbs with the best of them. J'espère vivre près d'un petit village,et utiliser mes compétences. Je préfère vivre une vie simple. Je veux un petit chalet et un chien, peut-etre....
The instructions did not give the direct order to write only in English...
However, in five minutes, we were conversing, in French, like you do, commuting from the office, on the public fish tin filled with social despair. I like the opportunity to discuss the world, in French, often, because this skill requires nurturing frequently to keep it recent, fresh, flourishing. They were nice people. Worked for the university. Garrulous. Humble
My stop could be viewed on the horizon. I wished them a 'Bonne journee" stepping into the street, the looming deluge required some shelter. No brolly could be found. I would've been happy to slosh in resulting puddles, but my white shoes would not like it.
Regardless, I used my French for five minutes. This rendered me happy.
--ooOoo--
That was a very cool exercise.
Night, night.
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