Heroes Not Zombies

These cabinets, or others like them, are very common in this part of France. They are places to share books. You can deposit books in them and you can take, for free, any which are there.

I filled one in Cognac several times over as I culled my library before the big move and they’d disappear within days.

There’s even one in the little village I’ve now moved to.

Also, just down the road from here is an “Emmaus” shop where you can donate anything you don’t want any more and they sell them very very cheaply, allowing people to get things they need for little money and raising funds for charitable works.

I love how pervasive sharing is here and I think it’s a strong characteristic of human beings.

Whenever disaster strikes there are always folk helping each other. Such acts can be ignored or trivialised but I think they demonstrate a really important aspect of human nature – one I like to promote and share – with you.