Author Archives: Dreamaticus

Angela Lansbury’s handbag and Lady Gaga’s wig (Belle)

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I was asked by my aunt to go to the library and post a letter to Angela Lansbury.  When I arrived at the library I found I didn’t need to buy a stamp because Angela Lansbury was in the hallway, fiddling in … Continue reading →

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Contempt for the holiday slacker (Rousse)

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Dreamaticus

SW turned to me and snarled “You need to contact Alan H in the Business School. It’s urgent”. She just couldn’t disguise her contempt for a colleague who had the temerity to take a holiday at Easter.

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A party and a parade (Belle)

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I had no idea how KOB, my former assistant, had got the money to move into this gothic castle and host this extravagant party.   However, I did know that I had been over-dressed for the afternoon session but was now under-dressed … Continue reading →

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A diamond-studded solid gold hedgehog dilemma (Rousse)

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Dreamaticus

When I gave away the silk cloak that came free in the cornflakes box to two colleagues in the school office, I never expected it to be the one that contained the diamond-studded solid gold hedgehog. Now I faced a … Continue reading →

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Teenager drowns in bog (Rousse)

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Driving from the back seat, TPR managed to spot a parking space not far from the market and other attractions. When we left the car and started to walk back towards town I noticed a sinister sign. Somewhere beneath us … Continue reading →

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Animals of unfixed species, gender and sexuality (Rousse)

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I knew that my boss wouldn’t mind if I took a small tin of lip salve from the supply that she kept in her office drawer. I needed it for the forthcoming PhD studentship interviews, along with a glass of … Continue reading →

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Black cab illegally parked in Leith: shoeless couple sought (Rousse)

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We were late for our anniversary dinner at the upstairs restaurant on Commercial Street in Leith. I pulled on my pale blue cotton shift dress from Monsoon, and TPR dragged me out of the house. We were in such a … Continue reading →

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Party disaster (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Dreamaticus

My fiftieth birthday celebration was a disaster. Everything was wrong: The timing – a Wednesday lunchtime when everyone was at work The venue – a boring hotel dining room in rainy Manchester The guest list – dreary external work colleagues … Continue reading →

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Icing sugar icons and a PhD viva re-run (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Dreamaticus

While JA was making pastel button-sized icons out of icing sugar, PL ran some sophisticated programs on his laptop. To begin with they worked silently side by side. Then PL started interrogating JA about his PhD. This raised so many … Continue reading →

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I was Anne of Green Gables and newly married to Gilbert Blythe. For now, however, I was serving as a nurse in World War I. Somehow I had lost my ‘ward trolley’ and was forced to push a bulky office … Continue reading →

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Dreamaticus | Leave a comment