Tag Archives: California

Joe Keery lookalike is a Stranger Thing (Rousse)

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Following three decades of no contact, during which one of us had moved to California, I was reunited with my school friend JB. Although we had never been best buddies, our friendship stretched back to infant school. Now that she … Continue reading →

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Equality and diversity at awards ceremony in rainy Hawaii (Rousse)

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Dreamaticus

For those for whom this kind of incentive holiday was a first, dark skies and cold rain on Hawaii was a grave disappointment. For me, however, it was a relief, especially since I had spend the preceding weeks in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged applause, bread, breakfast, buffet, California, dark, disappointment, diversity, equality, fish, grammar, Hawaii, heatwave, rain, spelling, sun, sunshine, weather | Leave a comment

Bike theft at Queen Margaret University (Rousse)

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The Californian sunshine lifted my spirits so high that I was convinced that it was unnecessary to padlock my brand new bike outside Queen Margaret University. Of course, when I came back out of the building, my bike was gone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bicycle, bike, building, California, cycle, padlock, public, Queen Margaret, spirit, sunshine, telephone, theft, TPR, university | Leave a comment

Settlers of Catan in San Francisco (Rousse)

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Dreamaticus

As the coach pulled into San Francisco nobody could doubt that we were in free and easy California. From the window I saw pastel painted houses, rainbow flags, and hippies in the street. I checked into the same hotel as … Continue reading →

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An uncaring husband (Rousse)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was furious with TPR. First of all he dragged me all the way to E and LC’s house so that we could land on them unexpectedly – on a day that they were recovering from jet lag following their … Continue reading →

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From drama to dental school in California (Rousse)

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I was in California on business for two weeks. TPR and my niece B accompanied me. B was about to start drama school there as an international student. We thought it important to check out her new university, not least … 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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Secret sex with students (Rousse)

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Dreamaticus

X wanted to move to the same Californian seaside town where I had settled. The first job he took there was as a waiter, but he had an eye on something more exciting – teaching watersports to children. I tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged breakfast, California, car park, cereal, cereals, children, clothing, dress, dresses, food, forget, free, job, money, muesli, order, save, sea, seaside, secret, sex, shore, sleep, student, students, summer, TPR, waiter, watersports | Leave a comment

Small dog meets tiger (Belle)

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Now that he was ‘all grown up’, T the dog announced it was time for him to leave home. He intended to move to California. Somehow things didn’t go according to plan. I later discovered that he was cohabiting with … Continue reading →

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Tom Skelton’s one-man show, a dress from Woolworths, Dave Eggers, and icing penguins (Rousse)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Although by mid-September the Edinburgh Fringe was well and truly over, a few acts had stayed in town to try their luck with the locals and last of the summer tourists. Tom Skelton of Racing Minds was still performing his … Continue reading →

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