Tag Archives: bed

Defunct orange toilet stars in garden makeover disaster (Rousse)

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I should never have allowed my sister S anywhere near my garden. It was now triangular in shape, with a steeply sloped lawn. She had planted the beds with huge white flowers, and at the point furthest from the house, … Continue reading →

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House clearance ‘burglary’ (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I stood outside our building and watched several members of an Indian family empty the ground floor flat. When yet another a young man came out of the front door – this one carrying a neat pile of brown bed … Continue reading →

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Naked office party animals dance til dawn (Rousse)

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Belle and I were both wrecked after the work party – she from alcohol consumption, I from lack of sleep. It was the receptionist who discovered us still attempting to dance in the office the following morning. She was a … Continue reading →

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A coronavirus lockdown bike ride to Luce (Rousse)

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Dreamaticus

The building work at the St James Centre finally complete, our flat on the ground floor of John Lewis now had a big picture window that looked out on to a massive plaza. Of course, a corollary of this was … Continue reading →

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How to deal with a partner who snores (Rousse)

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Dreamaticus

All six of us – PM, SM, LF, TF, TPR and I – were away from home for a night together. In our shared room, SM took the divan and I the camp bed next to it. When I woke … Continue reading →

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Sleeping in reception and a London lay-over (Rousse)

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I climbed into my bed in the lobby of the London hotel under the watchful eye of the staff on the reception desk. Just as I was drifting off to sleep, one of them informed me that a PhD student … Continue reading →

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Coach plunges into Scottish loch, many feared drowned (Rousse)

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Dreamaticus

As the coach left the outskirts of Glasgow, I tested the reclining bed that I had discovered next to the window. It was very versatile, with several options for its positioning. The traffic had thinned out by the time we … Continue reading →

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A (possibly) dead husband and a stolen Christmas parcel (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Life had been difficult since TPR died of cancer, but I resolved to lead as ‘normal’ a life as possible, and went to work as usual. I needed to tell the powers that be that the arrangement for collecting deliveries … Continue reading →

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Uncomfortable beds and cold porridge (Rousse)

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was a terrible hostess. I forced my overnight guests to sleep on spin cycles, then made them wait for hours for the cold porridge that I served at breakfast.

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Octogenarian bed-hopping (Rousse)

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Dreamaticus

When we woke in the morning my husband and I found my eighty year-old mother comfortably sandwiched between us in our king-sized bed. At which point during the night had she sneaked in without our noticing? How could we politely … Continue reading →

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