Tag Archives: American

Fracas at conference dinner (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Dreamaticus

As I eavesdropped on the conference conversation at the top table I could sense PB’s increasing frustration at the ignorant pronouncements of the American. ‘What’s the main message of your keynote anyway?’ the American drawled. ‘There’s little point in trying … Continue reading →

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Hostage clings to novel entertainment at end of ordeal (Rousse)

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Dreamaticus

By posting messages about a conference that did not exist, FR arranged my rescue from kidnap by an American gang. While I waited for my formal release, I begged my captors not to take away the two novels in bag … Continue reading →

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Kevin Spacey’s ‘unusual’ hobbies (Rousse)

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Kevin Spacey pursued some of his more unusual hobbies with both men and women in a remote corner of Dumfries and Galloway at a guest house frequented by many other American visitors.

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Meeting a metal-framed monarch mother at the New York mausoleum (Rousse)

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was auditioning for the role of mistress of an American millionaire. A small Jewish Italian New Yorker appeared to have taken a fancy to me so I did my best to impress him by spending the afternoon with his … Continue reading →

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Confusion over raw steak and murder victim body parts (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I asked my sister-in-law J where I should store the raw steak. I didn’t want to put it anywhere near the butchered corpse in case it was mistaken for part of J’s murder victim. J suggested that I put it … Continue reading →

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Lost black spaniel returns – with American children (Rousse)

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We’d acquired a dog, but I knew that TPR already regretted taking on this bouncy black spaniel. One morning I discovered that he had not taken the poor pooch out the house even once the previous day. Even so, she … Continue reading →

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Texan travel anxieties (Rousse)

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I moved to Texas, where I took a job at a university at which DT was a student. I was extremely grateful that each day DT gave me a lift to work. One day DT explained that she … Continue reading →

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Sourcing a stash of hard-to-buy vintage anti-feminist placards (Rousse)

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The research seminar was my responsibility and time was running out. My main concerns were that: (a) I had confused everyone by corresponding with the speaker as Tivol (or Tivo for short) – my Aboriginal name; (b) the event was … Continue reading →

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My husband’s secret family (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Dreamaticus

TPR was a father. His two sons were born to American women in the mid-1990s. I knew nothing about this at the time because TPR was working away from home in California.

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Trapped by gunmen in small town USA (Rousse)

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I travelled in two separate cars to the airport and our long-anticipated business class flights home. As I wondered what to do about the bags of rubbish that I had accumulated on the front seat of my car … Continue reading →

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