Tag Archives: cat

The girl with the dragon tattoo is an Outer Hebridean alien (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Lisbeth Salander was just one of the surprises at the guest house on the Isle of Lewis. Also packed in with the “regular” guests were my nephew PF and his sister AF, Mikael Blomkvist (on hand to help Lisbeth track … Continue reading →

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Nosey Rousse risks her health on her way to breakfast fry-up

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Breakfast on the morning after the school reunion comprised baked beans, sausages, roast parsnips and potatoes, all lovingly cooked by HH (HP back in our school days). Just before I went downstairs to join the others at the breakfast table, … Continue reading →

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Cat fashion up a tower block (Rousse)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The small black furry corpse spilled out of my green leather handbag onto the floor of E’s office high up the new tower block. To my shame I had completely forgotten that the poor creature had been in there. I … Continue reading →

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Rousse rejects a lover and kills a cat

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The arrangements for our holiday were hardly ideal. I hadn’t managed to finish my conference paper in time so was obliged to take a stack of work with me, and when we arrived in Antigua we found that we’d been … Continue reading →

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A successful escape (Belle)

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

It was a daring escape plan. I gathered my friends and the dog and the cat into a wire mesh cage, locked us in and started to slide down four fights of stairs, stopping only to push the front door … Continue reading →

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A tardis and a fake doctor – amongst other strange things (Rousse)

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dreamaticus

On the Isle of Lewis: It was lucky that I happened to glance out at the sea from the stairwell window from the fourth floor when I did. The tsunami was heading straight for the sea wall. TPR, RG and … Continue reading →

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Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Gillian McKeith disappoint (Rousse)

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole’s sudden departure from the X Factor left a huge hole that I was expected to fill. Knowing very little about the music industry, I let the bony woman through to the next round. She almost … Continue reading →

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Belle cooks Rousse’s bacon and applauds Princess Diana

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I had been a guest at Rousse’s. While she was out, I decided to pay my way by performing domestic tasks. The obvious first step was to grill all the bacon on the eye-level grill. I then cleaned up after … Continue reading →

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A one-legged soldier wins Belle’s heart

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was living in a new house-share, overlooking Greenwich Park. Every time I came home, yet another long-haired cat had moved in. Where were they all coming from? One of my new flatmates was a handsome one-legged soldier, who had … Continue reading →

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Rousse in the rain

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was the guest of Belle during the week of the annual Online conference in London. It was always a busy few days, but we were looking forward to the Wednesday night out in town. We started off at a … Continue reading →

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