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Extortionate eatery and exhibitor costs (Rousse)

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Dreamaticus

While JW explained the set-up of the book display and encouraged us to invite potential customers to her sale the next day, I set to work grilling sausages and bacon for the hungry EdCM friends eagerly awaiting breakfast in our … Continue reading →

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Assessment extensions and the draw of the Ring of Brodgar (Rousse)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was so terribly ill that I couldn’t possibly take the Knowledge Management exam. My tutor, Professor BC, was extremely sympathetic (and – most bizarrely – looked super-cool dressed in distressed denim jeans). He granted permission for me to take … Continue reading →

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Mark Kermode, spy school, beetroot salad (Belle)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Dreamaticus

The kids at the spy school won the MI5 raffle and a fraud was suspected. Inspectors were sent along and an investigation launched. I was watching all this unravel from a whole food stall across the street. The beetroot salad … Continue reading →

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From Molière to Indiana Jones: the dramas of Rousse continue

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Illness had struck and I was forced to relinquish my role in the production of Molière. Two understudies – my work colleague KT and friend SJ – kindly agreed to take the stage in my place. I worried that their … Continue reading →

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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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