Tag Archives: cupboard

Party treats of burnt prawns and carbonised sausages (Rousse)

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Our lodger FR hadn’t quite got the hang of our kitchen. She crammed far too much blue and white crockery into the glass-fronted cupboards, then cleared a drawer to store a single cake. More annoying, she didn’t clean up after … Continue reading →

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A lost white Volvo, a 10K race, and a needy husband (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My sisters argued that my mother’s white Volvo would look good in her care home car park. I refused to move it there. In any case, I had no idea where it was. I also had other things on my … Continue reading →

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Sell-by dates and shoe walls (Belle)

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was up a long ladder cleaning the top of my grandmother’s kitchen cupboards while she supervised. Mostly I was checking sell-by dates on food items, and lying to her about them. When I found a box of ‘Apple-Cinnamon Breakfast … Continue reading →

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A catering crisis on campus and a corpse (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Keen to make a mark in her new role, the recently-appointed professor organised a one-day networking event on campus. I agreed to come along to support this short, dark-haired woman, and offered to bring a dish for the evening meal. … Continue reading →

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Scruffy cellar dwellers (Rousse)

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I dropped a line of muddy footprints along the pale blue carpet when I came into the house from the garden. I really should have taken off my wellingtons at the back door. Now I would have to waste time … Continue reading →

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Kitchen cupboard killer (Rousse)

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I could have done with TPR’s help as I hosted a small dinner party. Had he been around,  the guests would have probably eaten at the kitchen dining table (rather than in our bedroom), I would have remembered to serve … Continue reading →

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Under attack from Gentleman Jack (Rousse)

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Gentleman Jack (Anne Lister) dragged me into the under-stairs cupboard. It took some effort to persuade her that I would not be added to her list of conquests.

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A French post office heist (Belle)

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I recognised most of the gang members in a vague way. I definitely recognised François Cluzet and I decided another chap had been in Amélie. I watched as they planned the post office heist, but also as the police and … Continue reading →

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Tackling mould with Gordon Ramsey (Belle)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Every cupboard I opened had a spectacular, kaleidoscopic mould growth. My colleagues were filthy pigs. I spent hours in rubber gloves scrubbing away. In one cupboard I found a strange metal and glass object.  At first, I thought it was … Continue reading →

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A bit of give and take in the kitchen (Rousse)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

As one friend added to our kitchen, another took away. DM gave us a set of pale blue ramekin dishes (though not Le Creuset). Meanwhile RK accidentally pulled some of the facing off the crockery cupboard.

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