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Just who is Daniel Wesserstrom? (Belle)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I watched the development of a young artist, who performed in a beautiful rotunda shaped room at Goldsmiths College. His art was in the performance/improvisation style, yet there was no doubt in my mind that he would be as big … Continue reading →

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Belle is away with the fairies

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I knocked on the door and was invited in. But I could see that the front door was too narrow and the stairs were no bigger than those in a doll’s house. I was way too fat to go visiting … Continue reading →

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Rousse subject to blackmail threats

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Dreamaticus

We were participating in a scheme to help rehabilitate ex-offenders. I thought I half-recognised our skinny, grey-bearded charge. He knew exactly who I was. He whispered to me that several years ago he’d passed me on an Edinburgh cycle path … Continue reading →

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Stuart Baggs is Rousse’s rebound husband disaster

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was in deep husband trouble. Number 1 had left me for a slimmer, fitter, small-bottomed model found at the gym. I should have taken action when I could no longer fit into my work skirts back in January. Number … Continue reading →

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Rousse misses the sunrise and loses her shoes

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I woke up to Christmas Day on the Isle of Lewis. I nudged TPR awake. He’d been sleeping next to me in the driver’s seat of our motor boat: “There’s a beautiful sunrise and I’d like to photograph it from … Continue reading →

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Ironing boy wins international conference role (Rousse)

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Dreamaticus

AL, who comes fortnightly to do our ironing, was the surprise new member of the international conference programme committee. It puzzled me as to what he could contribute, but the young female staff of IM didn’t appear to care. They … Continue reading →

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The letter ‘A’ is for ‘Boring’ (Belle)

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Dreamaticus

At the fairground I played on a machine that alphabetised cartoon characters and their home towns. As the A’s floated on the screen in a slow, Space Invader/ticker-tape type feed, I couldn’t imagine anything more dull.

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Collie dog lies, fashion for red-heads, and a sad trip to Australia (Rousse)

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Nobody knew why the couple took the tablets, but we inherited both children and the two dogs. We would go out for a walk to take our minds off the double suicide. Unused to herding kids and pets, within minutes … Continue reading →

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Lord Sugar’s new apprentice discovers his more modest and softer side (Rousse)

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Lord Sugar had ditched his Rolls Royce for a dirty green e-type Jaguar. He’d also lost his chauffeur. So what? I was still his new apprentice! The modesty of our means of transport was trumped by the state of the … Continue reading →

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A bomb, a bath and a bête noire (Rousse)

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Dreamaticus

To begin with I thought that this would be a very long journey: to Birmingham first, then on to London by train. Then I noticed the boy with the wires hanging out of his anorak. Instead it could be a … Continue reading →

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