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Missing the ‘mont’ in Montreal (Rousse)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The plane overheard sounded like it was in trouble. It was flying so low that we could all see that it was a transatlantic EasyJet service coming into the city. We predicted correctly that it would smash into the mountain. … Continue reading →

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Sticking up for a dear friend (Rousse)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I stuck up for WB in anticipation of criticisms about to be uttered by a severe-looking woman. ‘WB is extremely beautiful, and very, very clever’, I declared.

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Ashes in the cupboard (Rousse)

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Dreamaticus

QL died with no next of kin. It was for this reason that his ashes ended up in my cupboard. It was always a shocking reminder to see the green box whenever I opened the cupboard door.

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Turkish Eurovision win fails to impress (Rousse)

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The school office staff did not appreciate my CD of the solo Turkish artiste – even though she won the Eurovision Song Contest just a couple of years earlier. ‘I suppose I’ll just have to listen to it through my … Continue reading →

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An heiress makes plans (Rousse)

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was trapped inside the house that I had inherited from my maternal grandmother. I could happily entertain myself by revisiting all the rooms that I remembered from my childhood, and perusing the contents of the cupboards. All the crystal … Continue reading →

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Volunteer assistance rejected by NHS surgeon (Rousse)

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Dreamaticus

When the surgeon walked over to the till to pay for his cup of coffee, TPR ‘helpfully’ laid a section of the patient’s loose skin across the treated wound. The surgeon was aghast that anyone would interfere in this highly … Continue reading →

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Sacrifices for the Secret Service (Rousse)

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Dreamaticus

SC lost all her privacy the day that she was captured by the Secret Service. It was unclear whether they planned to retrain her as a spy, or that she was simply a person of interest to them. However, from … Continue reading →

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Flooded New York with Gödel, Escher, and Bach (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I managed to find an exit from the massive library by taking a route through the richly furnished rare books section and executive suite of the Chief Librarian. Outside the streets of New York were flooded. I had no choice … Continue reading →

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A widow’s assumed privileges (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Everyone was tip-toeing around our colleague at work following her recent bereavement. While I was happy to as supportive as everyone else, it irritated me that she took it for granted that she could throw me off my computer whenever … Continue reading →

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From garden wall antics in North Berwick to ballroom dancing at Glasgow Queen Street (Rousse)

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I hoped that that those travelling in the morning traffic out of North Berwick towards the A1 and west into Edinburgh passed by at a sufficient speed not to notice our antics on a stranger’s garden wall. Afterwards we considered … Continue reading →

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