Tag Archives: Canada

Rousse defends her position, welcomes a friend, and attempts to teach

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I travelled up the building squeezed into a lift with two colleagues. Over months one of them had developed a dangerous patter in snide remarks about my leadership. When yet another oblique and insulting comment escaped from his dirty little … Continue reading →

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Peppa Pig, toast, and extreme sports in the Hebrides (Rousse)

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The grande finale of the Canadian delegation’s visit to Scotland was a massive dinner and ceilidh in Edinburgh. Conversation was so animated at my table that I broke three pairs of glasses while entertaining my own Canadian cousins. After three … Continue reading →

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Selling tickets at the Fringe, and shooting woodcock in the Borders (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Kev F Sutherland was our new boss. For our first task we set up a stall in the Pleasance Yard and prepared to sell as many tickets as we could for that night’s performance by the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet … Continue reading →

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Belle is obsessed with coats

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Walking towards a parade of Japanese warriors twirling swords on horseback, I tried to get my bearings. Was I in the far east in the fifteenth century? I panned my vision out and realised I was actually in Canada. I … Continue reading →

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