Archive for January, 2010

Morocco Baraja Cards

Jan 26, 2010 5 Comments by Vago

Tweet As many of you know, I read Tarot cards. In fact, I read Tarot and I read an old deck of Hawaii playing cards that I carry around with me. In other words, I’m tuned into cards. I can even do a few card tricks. I’ll often pick up playing cards I find in [...]

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Sefrou Idol

Jan 24, 2010 No Comments by Vago

Tweet Today was a different kind of day. My habibi loves to sing and she found out that there was a competition in Sefrou today which I’ve been calling in my head ‘Sefrou Idol’, for obvious reasons. Hopefully you will forgive my crappy photography as you may remember that I broke the LCD on my [...]

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Around Sefrou

Jan 19, 2010 No Comments by Vago

Tweet I’ve been busy lately with teaching at the ALC, organizing the film club, and learning how to use my new semi-automatic washing machine correctly. It’s basically a bucket that agitates and then I empty the dirty water, replace with fresh water, and repeat. Then I wring out the clothes by hand and hang them [...]

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Casablanca – The Film – Revisited

Jan 16, 2010 No Comments by Vago

Tweet I’ve recently set up a film club in Fes. The idea is to get people together to watch films, discuss films, and practice their English skills. The project is part of my work with the American Language Center. The first film we watched was ‘Casablanca’ the 1942 classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. [...]

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Fuck You Podcast #2

Jan 12, 2010 No Comments

Tweet I’m glad you guys liked the first episode. Episode number two is just as enjoyable. Fuck You Podcast #2 If you would like to be featured in a future podcast, don’t worry, you probably will be. Tweet

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A look at the news- the state of the world

Jan 12, 2010 5 Comments

Tweet I’ve put off getting an internet connection at home for a while since money is tight and I knew the connection would be slow, but now, I’ve gone ahead and done it. I’m connected in the Casbah. The connection is slow. When the United States is awake, it is incredibly slow and when the [...]

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Rowing across the Atlantic – Wow!

Jan 08, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet While she may not be a vagabond in terms of being a person who moves from place to place with no visible means of income, I find that more important is the spirit of adventure that vagobonds tend to share. I wish I had had the drive or courage to do something like this [...]

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2010 – Decade of Decline?

Jan 07, 2010 2 Comments

Tweet It’s hard to think for some reason of this as a new decade but the fact is that we are in the tens, teens and out of the oughts, maybe we ought to think about that for a second. What will this decade hold? Well, for one thing we have passed peak oil. Oil [...]

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My enjoyable new podcast ‘Fuck You’

Jan 04, 2010 3 Comments

Tweet I’ve been wanting to revive my podcasting for a while but haven’t really had the energy or time to commit to a full schedule yet. I’ve decided to ease into it with something incredibly enjoyable. The ‘Fuck You’ podcast. It’s just 30 seconds long, short but sweet. Here’s the first one for you! Enjoy. [...]

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Happy New Year

Jan 01, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Here’s to you! Thanks for reading Vagobond.com and downloading my latest book. Also a special thanks to those of you who donated and/or bought my books. Every little bit helps to keep this site and my life up and running. For those of you who missed it this is what happened to the Vagobond [...]

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