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Planning for bi-lingual off-spring (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Dreamaticus

My bride-to-be was a Spanish heiress who was due to inherit a massive fortune from her financier father. Her parents approved of our match, even though I was foreign and female. The one thing that I looked forward to most … Continue reading →

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Disintegrating dog dread (Rousse)

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I watched in horror as the tiny little dog that I was petting started to disintegrate. Within seconds it was nothing but a pile of canine body-parts floating in a dirty pool of blood. Its owner cried hysterically, but there … Continue reading →

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An unprofessional conference chair (Rousse)

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The keynote speaker – Professor EG from Berlin – was so excited to see me that she stretched out her hand and brushed my arm. I recoiled in horror. How could she be unaware that we were still social distancing … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s top pandemic super-spreader takes to capital city’s streets (Rousse)

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Dreamaticus

SL was a COVID19 super-spreader. She reached out to hug everyone that we met as we wandered the quiet lockdown streets of Edinburgh. Over the course of our walk, SL told me that the acclaimed artist MO was working with … Continue reading →

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Through the bedroom window – with dead pigeons (Rousse)

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I was already distraught when I opened the bedroom shutters to find three live pigeons trapped between the wood and the window. I was beyond consolation when I saw through the glass that the back garden was completely overgrown.

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Adrian Chiles still sensitive over divorce from Jane Garvey (Rousse)

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Dreamaticus

When interviewing Adrian Chiles, I thought it only polite to admit that I used to know his ex-wife Jane Garvey. His face crumpled at the mention of her name. Who would have guessed that the jolly television presenter would still … Continue reading →

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A useless passport (Rousse)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I opened the cover of my passport to find that all the significant pages had been ripped out. I wouldn’t be going anywhere soon – not even to Europe.

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From swimming with killer whales to selling Christmas tat on eBay (Rousse)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Dreamaticus

My sister S was very busy. First she changed into her red bathing costume and jumped into the sea for a swim. I was grateful that the school of killer whales did not pay her any attention. Next she was … Continue reading →

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Kiell Smith-Bynoe is the star of Ghosts (Rousse)

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Dreamaticus

When I turned round I found Kiell Smith-Bynoe standing behind me. ‘Oh, hello’, I said, “I recognise you as an actor from Ghosts‘. ‘Not quite’, he corrected me, ‘I think that you mean the star of Ghosts.’

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Suicidal coach survival (Rousse)

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were disappointed that two other passengers had bagged the best seats next to the coach driver. Sulkily, we sat down in the second row behind them. Twenty minutes later the driver veered off the road, rumbled the … Continue reading →

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