Tag Archives: Christmas

Rousse misses the sunrise and loses her shoes

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I woke up to Christmas Day on the Isle of Lewis. I nudged TPR awake. He’d been sleeping next to me in the driver’s seat of our motor boat: “There’s a beautiful sunrise and I’d like to photograph it from … Continue reading →

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Rousse to star on reality TV

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dreamaticus

There was a straightforward reason why I slipped through customs unnoticed and TPR was held back: I had lied about our trip, whereas he had admitted to the farm visit. Now I had to intervene to persuade the airport official … Continue reading →

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Trop Belle pour moi

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Dreamaticus

My affair with Don Draper was going from strength to strength and I decided to introduce him to the Turkish restaurant at the back of my house. We accessed it through tunnels and caves and eventually came out into a … Continue reading →

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Rousse abandoned at breakfast, and a new business idea

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I’d never heard of “costering” until I lost TPR to a guest house owner on the Isle of Lewis. The islanders had adopted this process of shearing seed from long grass stalks as their favourite outdoor hobby. My husband was … Continue reading →

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Belle the politician

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Dreamaticus

We politicians were meeting in a large barn-like building debating Christmas decorations. I knew I had evidence to prove that the man sitting behind me was a master-criminal and couldn’t understand why no-one else was interested. He was peddling his … Continue reading →

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Belle goes Dutch with Obama

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I knew exactly what to do to get the Obama campaign back on track. I was breaking into voters’ houses and tuning the radios to Dutch left-leaning radio stations. My team agreed – “that will do it”. I managed to … Continue reading →

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Unexpected meeting leads to football match in Prague (Belle)

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was in an airport arrivals hall and couldn’t work out the ticketing system that enabled passengers to leave the building. I bumped into an ex, and it was the second time we had met in an arrivals hall. He … Continue reading →

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Less than satisfactory Christmas dinner (Belle)

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was eating Christmas dinner with a hostess who loathed me and whose husband popped out to the garage to buy prawn cocktail flavour crisps for the starter. Then we walked into the teeny tiny house opposite and it was … Continue reading →

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