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On the run

2009-08-05T02:55:00.005+02:00

A weeding party is not somewhere to be for a phobic like me. When my niece’s weeding day came, the only way out for me was to pack my things and to hit the road to a place I called Escondido. When I get there, the tide was low and the estuary was exposed. The landscape has changed a lot. Once, there was some sand but now there are only stones. I am an angler and this may not worry me much. So I put down my load and began to gather some sea slugs. It is the only way to have a decent phishing party. When I started fishing, I got only seaweeds and nothing but seaweeds. This didn’t disappoint me a lot. Sometimes you win some times you just do not! In fact, I was just waiting for the night to come. I know the tide will be low once again, but it doesn’t really matter; tonight, fishing will be just a way to desert the family. After a while, the night fell. The emptiness was so present that it inspired me fear. A camp fire and the rising of the moon brought to me soon a real sense of security. The sky above was clear and filled with stars. A magic sight was there, generously reveled to my amazed eyes. The earth was wrapped in the darkness but there was a lot to see in the sky. When Venus rose-up in the horizon, it was almost midnight. Therefore, it was time for me to leave that wonderful land.

Here she comes.. So glad we are!

2009-07-20T21:54:00.003+02:00

It seems that for her, an appointment means a lot. As far as I remember, she had never broken a promise. When she comes to us, she comes alone, but sometimes she conveys some old fellows of her. We had never felt offended then. The fact is that we appreciate them all, so much .How wonderful she is when she lies down her perfect silver body. When her elder friends join her, almost everybody here get lavish receptions, so food exceeds and liquor flows. I like her curves when she’s made croquettes. For us sardine eating is a communal duty. No body among us would like to miss such a unique occasion. She honors our shores once a year ..

Meeting friends

2008-12-14T15:09:00.005+01:00

Most of us think that in anyway an ever-lasting holiday could be the sweetest thing that could happen to them. Obviously, I share that point of view! Though I was rather like a kid who is daring his first class day, I was quite excited to meet my former students. After almost an entire year of closeness, a special relation has grown up between us. This was really a kind of mixture made of friendship and parental relationship. It seems that I was for them more than a friend and less than a dad, I mean. My endless sincere happiness was simply great when I met them. I would have loved to take them in my armes, as a loving father would do!

Stuck on the 'sand'

2008-09-15T22:49:00.005+02:00

The weather was clear and a western wind was blowing softly. These are good signs. Time is propitious to fishing. I caught wali. And we heat the road to Sidi Daniane. He was fasting the entire month of Ramadan for the first time in his life and he was apparently doing well. We had only Three hours and that was not enough to have a respectable fishing party. Consequently and as usually we had been empty-handed. Despite of it we went on a drive to discover the spot. When it remained only a quarter hour to the fast breaking time we unfortunately lost our way and we found ourselves stuck on the sand. The car was almost buried. After two unsuccessful attempts to get out we resigned and we asked for help. The last group of teen whose were leaving lent us a hand. We reached home on time.

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A special kind of friend

2008-09-14T01:08:00.002+02:00

When I met him for the first time, he offered me to spend the night under his tent though I haven’t known him before. I appreciated and apologized. One year later I saw him again, He was then so match angry and he was vociferating because he has broken his fishing rod. At that time, he was inconsolable. Last week, when he started waving and wrestling at me I was having lunch. I manage to join him, here on the rock after eating. The sight was magnificent. He offered me some watermelon. He was busy to light a fire to boil some water to prepare a tea. I had a cup of tea before I go and he smoked tree ‘Joins’. When he started smoking the forth I judged it was advisable for me to go dawn the rock. When I started the descent, I was Slightly Stunned.

• The day I gave up to be a polluter

2008-08-18T14:56:00.004+02:00

The night was dying slowly and the landscape seemed to be wrapped in a thick darken sheet. Indeed I wasn’t really enthusiastic to drive to mffp*. However I carried on. I arrived to the seashore straight at the dawn. It took me a half hour to get there and In fact, I was enough disappointed. Though the tide was low there would be no hope to collect any mussels that day. I didn’t imagine the sea would be so much rough. Consequently, I got back and I lay down on the sand. In front of me, not so far, some gigantic waves were rolling on, hazardously; in a specific way to tell that there will be no fishing today. In a similar case the best thing to do would be to sleep hopelessly. That was exactly what I did. Few minutes later; I woke-up to realize that I had the whole day to do whatever I wanted, excepted fishing and swimming. Thus, the first thing I did was to stride the steepness in the neighborhood to pick some fresh figs ;which were probably waiting there for me, since a long time before; Then I came back to my place where I slept again. When I finally opened my eyes, I noticed that a great deal of detritus scattered all along the seashore. Last night, the sea was extremely agitated, so it rejected a lot of bottles, bags and many other trinkets. I think it‘s a mean for the ocean to purify itself. To lend a hand I decided that my day would be completely dedicated to collect that detritus. It was a little bit tiresome but I managed to perform the task, no matter the cost could be. In the evening, when I left, that part of the seashore appeared to be remarkably clean. This will last only for a while, I know. However, I was satisfied, thinking that I did what I had to do...partially..I mean.

*my favorite fishing place

Between earth and space

2008-08-08T19:20:00.007+02:00

Once upon a time in my home town, we had had one lonely TV channel with nothing on. Then we had had another one. This one was encrypted, but the worst is that most of us couldn’t watch it, simply because it was broadcasted mainly in the few chief cities only. We could not see the programmes of the brand new TV channel, because we live in a kind of rat trap town, naturally. Almost no one among us had given in. At that time, some very strange TV antennas appeared on the roofs. It seems then it was possible for everyone to enjoy the new TV channel programmes, using just some special cooking utensils! Later, the local market was inundated by a new kind of antenna and a sort of amplifier. I tried it and I not only picked-up the national TV channels, but I was able to watch Spanish TV channels, via Canary Islands, as well. It was as if I were watching TV for the first time in my entire life. The language was not really a hindrance for me to watch Spanish TV. I managed to learn Spanish, enough to decrypt what was said on TV. Then came the dishes and with them came space TV channels too. We were almost engorged on TV programmes. But lately I got a bit nostalgic. So I rehabilitated my old hertzian TV antenna. It took me two hours to make it embrace the sky once again. IN deed I was not quite satisfied by what I saw. Things have changed a lot. I won’t stay on earth for a long time!! I shall get back to the space very soon!

Sixteen days of cloistering

2008-08-04T01:07:00.005+02:00

I’m currently living on my own rhythm. I use to stay awake till the end of the night and I remain in bed till midday. Days follow one another in mostly the same way. I take a Shower, do the washing-up, make the cooking and then go to the sofa, where I set to do nothing! You can’t imagine how wonderful this could be; but I know that this won’t last for ever! So I may find urgently another mean of getting fun. Otherwise boredom will take place. I began to feel a little tired of laziness. This is my sixteenth day of being voluntary enclosed at home.

Only green grass

2008-08-02T16:33:00.007+02:00

A crowd which includes many teens got lately the habit to gather in front of my door! That disturbed me a little in the very beginning, but at the end I thought it would be wiser to make nice for a while. I was rather curious to know what they were there to do. So I stood behind my door and stared at them through the hole of the key! Nothing wrong, they were just smoking grass!!!

Premonitory dreams

2008-08-01T13:27:00.003+02:00

It‘s incredible how premonitory dreams could be true, especially when they are linked to persons we love! That is probably a matter of the soul. Perhaps we had the ability to perceive the state of being of those who we care about. Since my divorce, my son wali used to spend a large part of summer holidays with my ex. Every time I dream about him crying, I am almost sure he faces up with bad things. Last week I saw him in my dream lost and screaming. The next day I feel a need to get in touch with him. Though I tried many time I could not get him on the phone. He calls me today. They had a bad car crash but they seem glad to be steel alive.

Mussels and octopuses

2008-07-31T00:52:00.005+02:00

Coming back home after my last fishing party, I was rather tired. I hadn’t slept enough the night before and I was early in the morning on my favourite fishing place. I didn’t catch any fish at all but I took advantage from the low tide to collect some mussels and I was lucky to get two octopuses of a moderated size! I shall have some good food for the following two days! Late in the afternoon, I guessed it would be better for me to leave! So I packed my effects and I hit the road again. Surrounded by music I managed to drive at a very moderate speed. Now I can ride easily on the narrow road witch leads strait to town. I only need to stick on the edge of the road. Now, only a little distance remains for me to get home. Down the road two cars are blinking there red lights. No way! I got the right to over pass. I overtook the first one and the second as well. At that time I heard a dull sound. Nothing serous I guess; but it will be wiser in a similar case, to stop and see what happened.I got-off and the driver of the first car is now walking towards me!

“Nothing serious I hope” I said.

“That’s your fault! I am an eye-witness” he screamed.

“Maybe! Let’s call the police if you wish” I said.

“You are drunk! I can tell it by the way you are standing! Be sure I shall do all what I can to see you jailed” He added.

At that time a female voice yelled:

“We had the rear-view mirror scratched”