Author Archives: Dreamaticus

Bruce Springsteen spends Christmas in Scottish Highland lodge (Rousse)

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Bruce Springsteen was amongst the dozen or so guests at the highland lodge over Christmas. Bruce and I exchanged a couple of words as I was gathering some of my belongings from the deck as the first stage of packing … Continue reading →

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The ‘credible consort’ (Rousse)

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Graduates from all eras had achieved quite a feat in the organisation of a reunion ball at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank stadium. After all these years, I was very excited to see many of my former students. I returned to the tower … Continue reading →

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An eventful conference in a bookshop (Belle)

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The conference was being held across multiple floors of the bookshop. On registration I received my delegate badge and was asked to open my handbag. As soon as I did, a woman quickly placed a ribeye steak inside and gave … Continue reading →

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Toddler up a lamppost (Belle)

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Dreamaticus

This was the opposite of what I expected to see on a quiet Sunday morning on the A20. Across the road, playfully giggling down at his parents, a toddler was sitting at the very top of a towering lamppost. How … Continue reading →

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Made up in red, white, and blue (Rousse)

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Dreamaticus

My latest humiliation was to be forced to wear ridiculous make-up. They plastered my pale face with chalk white foundation. Then, to my lips, they applied movie star red lipstick outlined with electric blue eyeliner. I looked a complete fright.

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How to avoid the United States (Belle)

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Travelling around south America in a decrepit school bus was not my idea of a holiday. In fact I had no memory of how this had happened or how I got here. Everywhere we went puppies and kittens sat in … Continue reading →

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Gym buddies (Rousse)

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was pleased to be establishing myself as a core member of the gym. This was evident, for example, in invitations to the houses of long-term members. I enjoyed sitting on R&R’s thick dark brown carpet telling them that the … Continue reading →

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A 15 stone friend (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Dreamaticus

You couldn’t miss ECM these days, now that she weighed 15 stone!

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Jilted mistress seeks kitchenware (Rousse)

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Our former neighbour J came to the right place when she needed some pans. I unlocked our shed and offered her our selection of redundant Le Creuset items. I warned her that I wasn’t giving them away; she would have … Continue reading →

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Arrested by the Donald Trump militia (Belle)

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was standing in the middle of a packed sports hall in a Mediterranean country when a group of armed men, dressed in black, pounced on me and arrested me for “sedition against Donald Trump”. Later my travel companions came … Continue reading →

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