Monthly Archives: January 2022

Jim-jam dinner (Rousse)

When I heard that LE and GE were joining us for dinner in a restaurant with JC and GC, I panicked – because I was still in my red fleece pyjamas.

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A career start in Sunderland (Rousse)

The prize job for top Oxford graduate HH was in artificial intelligence in Sunderland.

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Secret service research promotion from Gill to Judith (Rousse)

I was very proud of the achievements of my colleague EH, just awarded a year-long research secondment with the Secret Service. However, I was also somewhat annoyed that an official was calling her ‘Judith’. When I later raised this with … Continue reading

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Learning to crochet on Portobello beach (Rousse)

I learnt to crochet on Portobello beach, instructed by my online friend BC and her daughters.

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A heart attack hero and villain (Rousse)

A distressed bird flew into the sitting room. TPR grumpily forced the window open to allow it to escape. Unfortunately he suffered a heart attack due to the effort, and complained incessantly afterwards. Sometimes I wondered whether my husband liked … Continue reading

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Cocaine and cheese on self-driving buses in Nantes (Rousse)

I was back in Nantes. This city had changed in the four decades since I left. Here the buses were self-driving, and you paid your fare in lumps of cheese or cocaine. Some passengers, including myself, found it difficult to … Continue reading

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Sunbathing in Kendal (Rousse)

Over five decades after we left Kendal, we were moving back to Fowl Ing Lane. I was delighted at the aspect and size of the garden at number 37. No matter the time of year or day, there would always … Continue reading

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