Author Archives: Dreamaticus

Rules for retired ladies (Rousse)

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I gathered my newly retired friends into a circle to check that they were following the rules: To have a Roka bag on their person at all times To hold membership of at least one book group To have joined … Continue reading →

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Outward bound course death wish (Rousse)

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Dreamaticus

According to the ‘experts’, my sister wanted me dead because of an outward bound course in 1977. They concluded that she was jealous that my parents were willing to pay for just one of us to take part in this … Continue reading →

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Belle, bangs and brioches

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was trying hard to fit in to my new life as an American high school student. As I was walking away from school with a group of girls, a police officer stopped to talk to one of them. “Hey … Continue reading →

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Rob Brydon, the Fringe Urban Orienteering Challenge, and a huge three dimensional yellow plastic jigsaw (Rousse)

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Dreamaticus

My two metre tall friend – an amalgamation of the two JMs – said he’d come with me to find TPR once he’d popped the next piece into his huge three dimensional yellow plastic jigsaw. I could see that all … Continue reading →

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Falling in love with injured footballers (Rousse)

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Dreamaticus

My new job was to take care of injured professional footballers. I lay beside them in the stands during matches, falling in love with each in turn. Of course, none of them felt the same about me. However, a tall … Continue reading →

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An adulterer, a runner, a comedian, and a puppy (Rousse)

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Dreamaticus

When I saw the ‘luxurious’ single beds behind the curtain, I wished that I had selected this option for the night rather than the shallow soil grave in the main section. I further regretted my accommodation choice when my former … Continue reading →

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Life as a Victorian student (Belle)

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I had made it to Oxford University! I couldn’t remember how this had happened – or what I was ‘reading’ – or why I had travelled back in time to the 1890s, or when I had become a 20-year old … Continue reading →

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Self-catering apartments in Edinburgh, with dogs (Rousse)

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Dreamaticus

My American friend JG bought the old mews building a long time before I moved to Edinburgh. I did see her there once with her sister A – but only because I had mastered time travel. My sudden appearance rather … Continue reading →

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Evidence of a wife’s affair (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

When SO’N walked into the shop, the man on the counter shot me a worried glance. In his hand he was holding the fountain pen that would give away SO’N’s wife L’s affair. It was now my responsibility to get … Continue reading →

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Wedding speaker shamed (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

VAE stood up from her pew seat, marched over to the speaker, and admonished him in front of the whole congregation: ‘This is a wedding of a couple very much in love. It is customary to speak about them during … Continue reading →

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