1.0Jef le Saltimbanquehttps://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/JJ ANEYOTA alias Jef le Saltimbanquehttps://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/author/lesaltimbanque/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OjfXBKCtAs"><a href="https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/2023/12/04/a-lazy-preamble/">A lazy preamble….</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/2023/12/04/a-lazy-preamble/embed/#?secret=OjfXBKCtAs" width="600" height="338" title="“A lazy preamble….” — Jef le Saltimbanque" data-secret="OjfXBKCtAs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/PANA0090.jpg1280853When are you going to write a second book? A question I’ve often been asked. At least at one time. Less so now. And yet, yes, I do think I’d write a second one. But what to write? A simple travelogue? It seems insufficient, already done, already seen. So what’s it to be? Reflections on travel, on this ever-changing world? But what legitimacy would I have? Who am I? You’re nobody! And would I presume to believe that my opinion would be of any interest to others? What else? Telling the story of others? Drawing portraits? Yes, I like that. The first book was relatively easy to write, even if I took my time. I had a story, that of a first trip, a dream of traveling through Africa. There was the story of a love affair, a painful prelude to this journey, and above all I had a muse, without whom this book would never have seen the light of day. I can confess that now. The most difficult part was the part about Odile. Without the impetus, the injunction of the pink panther, for such was the nickname of the woman who was my inspiration, this part would […]