Tag Archives: baby

Sir Sean Connery and Simon Cowell appalled by aging actress’ wig (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Dreamaticus

From the fourth row in the stalls my student party had a very clear view of Sir Sean Connery, Simon Cowell and the rest of the panel on stage. I watched Sir Sean closely when the star performer of the … Continue reading →

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Toddler emergency essentials (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Three days after explaining to MSB why we were childless, I gave birth to a fully-formed toddler. While we wondered how we would break this news to our families (TPR’s mother would be delighted, our nephews and nieces probably less … Continue reading →

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Women didn’t know she was pregnant gives birth on holiday (Rousse)

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I admired the tiny baby in her crib. The skinny woman boasted that her daughter was just four hours old. She’s delivered her at the hotel while on holiday. It was all totally unexpected: the new mother hadn’t even realised … Continue reading →

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A gifted child (Rousse)

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were very proud of our new baby. Just two days old, she was already crawling at speed on her six long black legs, chattering to herself. The latest additions to her vocabulary included four syllable abstract nouns, … Continue reading →

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A visit to York Minster (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR, my mother-in-law and I sat in the pews of York Minster and watched a beautiful documentary on medieval art. Afterwards I tickled the leg of the baby in the arms of the woman sitting next to us.

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Rousse recovers from a fashion faux pas by dancing the bare-topped tango

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Perhaps the reunion was a failure because it was organised by a black and white border collie? I felt uncomfortable from the moment that I arrived. Two girls from my sixth form English class, N and C, were the first … Continue reading →

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Puppet maker passenger puts her trust in the professor (Rousse)

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Stuck in traffic, I noticed a woman with a baby on her lap at the bus window. Seated towards the back of the ground floor of the bus, and almost level with us, she was the spitting image of JS. … Continue reading →

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Belle the economist, detective and pornographer

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was extremely upset to find that once again someone had dumped rubbish on the grass verge at the top of my street. This time it was at least a dozen litre sized empty drinking yoghurt cartons. I stopped to … Continue reading →

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Daring Danish rescue attempt ends with death (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I’d only met C in real life once before. Since our brief encounter earlier in the year all our recent contact had been online, where C’s alias was A. He’d agreed to pass on some photography hints to TPR so … Continue reading →

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Lambs to the slaughter (Rousse)

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Dreamaticus

We were living in temporary accommodation with a flock of sheep until our move south was complete. Something had gone horribly wrong overnight, possibly due to my carelessness with a canteen of cutlery. I’d dropped it down the staircase and … Continue reading →

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