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Tag Archives: Christmas
An icy dip on Christmas Day (Rousse)
So delighted was TPR to be with his entire family again, on arrival at his mother’s house for Christmas he disappeared straightaway into the large cinema room with his sisters. That left me with his step-father to set the table … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, Christmas, cinema, cold, family, gift, ice, loch, shop, stepfather, swim, TPR, trinkets
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Christmas 2020 in June 2021 (Rousse)
Finally, six months later than anticipated, at the end of June 2021 we were permitted to host our annual Christmas party (2020). But first, I had to remove AD from the kitchen. JS, who knew exactly who he was and … Continue reading
From swimming with killer whales to selling Christmas tat on eBay (Rousse)
My sister S was very busy. First she changed into her red bathing costume and jumped into the sea for a swim. I was grateful that the school of killer whales did not pay her any attention. Next she was … Continue reading
Salvaged: a single-footed skateboard and an antique secrétaire (Rousse)
Back in Birmingham again, TPR, my father, and my little sister were picking through the contents that we had left three decades earlier in our old house in Northfield. Much of it was junk. This included a narrow skateboard with … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, bookcase, Christmas, cushions, father, house, junk, Northfield, salvage, secrétaire, shelves, sister, skateboard, TPR, van
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Unwelcome guests and a Christmas party assault (Rousse)
Two of the most popular guests were missing from our super-early Christmas party. Instead of joining us in person for sausages and Champagne, BP and her new husband SF communicated to us (and the world) from their bedroom as they … Continue reading
A Stockton-on-Tees themed Christmas party (Rousse)
The theme of the staff Christmas party was Stockton-on-Tees. This was possibly in honour of me and EH, although we could not be certain. Whatever the reason, we were well qualified to comment on the town. I joked that we … Continue reading
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Tagged car, Christmas, cousin, crystal, Derbyshire, Dovecot Street, game, jade, kitchen, oven, party, pendant, Range Rover, Secret Santa, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside Polytechnic
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New lovers complicate Christmas (Rousse)
I introduced CA to TPR as my new lover-to-be. This new relationship was to be understood as a positive career move, though for whom uncertain. Part of the deal on my side was an agreement to take on CA’s two … Continue reading
Medieval knight hands over family heirloom (Rousse)
I hadn’t seen TS in years, yet he treated me like a long-lost sister. His generosity knew no bounds when he presented me with a family heirloom to take home: an antique Christmas-decorated serving dish. When he wandered off through … Continue reading
A (possibly) dead husband and a stolen Christmas parcel (Rousse)
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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Tagged bag, bed, cancer, Christmas, Corstorphine, Dalry, dead, die, Edinburgh, husband, meeting, Merry Christmas, mother, package, parcel, Skype, stolen, TPR, waterworks, wine
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A wandering whiteboard and a late PhD submission (Rousse)
After all the expense of transporting it, I returned to Edinburgh from Glasgow without my precious mini whiteboard. It was fortunate that my cousin EB had a suitcase large enough to carry it back to Bristol by plane, although I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, Christmas, Edinburgh, Glasgow, PhD submission, plane, whiteboard
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