Monthly Archives: September 2012

Promises, promises (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Dreamaticus

TPR was well ahead of us up the High Street so I reckoned that it was safe to grab X for another quick snog just as we came out of the arcade onto Cockburn Street. He seemed to appreciate it … Continue reading →

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Perfecting the poached egg – in a tin bath (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Dreamaticus

While my family was sunbathing on the beach, I decided to cook a stack of poached eggs. I cracked the eggs into a tin bath of boiling water following a technique learnt from my Canadian friend WR. The cooking, however, … Continue reading →

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A patchwork quilt, property in Perthshire, and a stay at the Palace (Rousse)

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My parents were selling up and disposing of their possessions, as was the University of Birmingham. If I wanted to save anything, now was the time to act. I wanted nothing from the White House, but was keen to retrieve … Continue reading →

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Home extension adds to work worries (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

We had just moved into the restored blackhouse located to the rear of the garden at the back of our flat. My first task was to chase the swarm of five bees around the sitting room and kitchen and out … Continue reading →

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Tenement opera at the Leith Festival (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

After the snows melted we gathered with the other commune members to follow the crowd to East Claremont Street. From the windows of two different third floor flats a man and a woman sang a series of opera duets. We … Continue reading →

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Fraudulent applications to the Pizza Sixth Form (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I turned up at school for our first day as A level pupils. We’d be in the same year as my niece AF, her brother PF and his new wife. The teacher took one look at us and … Continue reading →

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Stars of the VisitScotland web site (Rousse)

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Casually browsing the Internet, I came across photos of me and TPR in our wet suits, swimming in the Bruton Stream on Uig Sands. We were the new stars of the VisitScotland web site.

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Obama announces spending freeze (Rousse)

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Barack Obama (my husband) took me aside and made his proclamation: no longer could we afford to stay in hotels such as this. I argued that it befit our status only to reside at establishments where a medieval church bell … Continue reading →

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Synchronised librarians (Belle)

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Dreamaticus

It was a hot, sunny afternoon as we gathered on the top floor of a tall, tall building. Just about everyone ‘in the industry’ was there and the place was buzzing.  I noticed SH, wearing a black gilet with hundreds … Continue reading →

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A five-person tandem, fire engines, and the fuel shortage (Rousse)

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Time was tight to reach the 12:00 rain from Waverley by tandem. However, the distance was quite short: straight up Broughton Street, past John Lewis, and down Calton Road into the back entrance of the station. Provided that everyone pedalled … Continue reading →

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