Monthly Archives: March 2022

Dinner for the dead and alive (Rousse)

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Dreamaticus

They were all there – family members dead and alive at my maternal grandmother’s house: my uncle who had emigrated to Australia in the 1970s was on the lawn in the back garden with his younger daughter, who was photographing … Continue reading →

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Sir Paul McCartney pub quiz dunce (Rousse)

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Sir Paul McCartney was confused. ‘I don’t recognise the pale yellow album cover’, he said, ‘But since we’re all photographed on the front and I’m definitely the lead singer on that track, I suppose that this must be a Beatles … Continue reading →

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A £5 million lottery win (Rousse)

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Dreamaticus

LM and her husband C won £5 million on the UK lottery. However, there was no way that anyone you would ever have known this. They lived very modestly in their small house, and continued to go to work as … Continue reading →

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Police raid results in broken milk jug, broken heart (Belle)

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I ran down the stairs from the top bedroom to make C a cup of tea and spotted two dark figures looming outside the glass front door. When I opened the door two police officers, drenched from the rain, angrily … Continue reading →

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Timber frost danger (Rousse)

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Dreamaticus

My entire immediate family crowded into the garden shed for my brother-in-law to pass judgement on the tiny defect in the wood above the door frame. ‘Bad news, I’m afraid’, he said. ‘This is frost damage. Your shed is falling … Continue reading →

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Cyclops cow (Rousse)

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I’d never met such a friendly cow before. She was a brown and white Jersey with enormous long-lashed eyes, sporting the softest strokeable cattle coat. Her willingness to be petted was quite extraordinary – as was the her third eye, … Continue reading →

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Fun and games with trains (Rousse)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I needed to reach Liverpool by 13:15 for a meeting. At 12:30 I jumped on the first train that I saw at Edinburgh’s Waverley Station, assuming that it was a London service that called at Leeds. I was right in … Continue reading →

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In-law problems (Rousse)

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Dreamaticus

We’d driven several long uncomfortable miles to the huge (but somewhat crowded) beach, so it was a relief to finally end our journey. However, my mother-in-law was not happy. There appeared to be something wrong with her towel. It took … Continue reading →

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