Tag Archives: die

When will I die? (Rousse)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We were relaxing with our French friends, including the M and D families, and PG. I asked about the red cardboard constructions on the grand piano. With their black and gold lettering they looked like Chinese New Year decorations or … Continue reading →

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A generous death (Rousse)

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I was calculating how much work to pack. The train journey to Aberdeen took three hours, and the return trip the same. If we sat together, I would probably spend much of the time chatting with CI and ET. However, … Continue reading →

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Tickled by a ghost at a high school reunion (Rousse)

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I was incredibly excited that 23rd August had come round so quickly. Whatever happened to all those weeks since the reunion plans were fixed in May? I walked into the school hall and the first people I saw were LA … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged August, boy, boys, bruises, bus, comprehensive, daughter, dead, death, die, father, fun, ghost, girls, graduate, hair, hall, high, jeans, man, message, nephew, plans, Princes Street, red, reunion, school, sister, tale, tickle, uncle | Leave a comment

Unwise words and a Christmas tragedy on the Thames (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Dreamaticus

“How awful that your daughter-in-law’s father is a crook, and that her mother is a burnt-to-a-crisp, over-tanned, airhead shopaholic!” said N. More awful was that she uttered these words while (unknowingly) sitting right next to the daughter-in-law in question. This … Continue reading →

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Perspectives from a plinth (Rousse)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

My elderly neighbour Mrs Frazier was dying of a deadly disease, and for this reason I was helping her with her walled garden. I half expected that she would leave it to me, along with her tiny mews house. I … Continue reading →

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A rummage through an atheist’s wardrobe (Rousse)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I’d had enough of this religious twaddle. “Listen”, I said “You may be American, but someone has to tell you all that (a) there is no God, and (b) we don’t go to heaven when we die”. As soon as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American, atheist, Boden, chairs, clothes, collection, death, die, excuse, eyes, God, heaven, Hobbs, nightdress, nightie, Phase Eight, religion, religious, rummage, sad, sadness, silk, twaddle, Victorian, wardrobe, white | Leave a comment

Widower fooled by wife imposter (Rousse)

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Dreamaticus

We’d been chatting happily for a few minutes before it dawned on me that this was an impossibility. My friend had died almost a year ago so how come she had picked up the phone? As I started to drop … Continue reading →

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Films stars and seals meet their maker on Devon beach (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR sat on a bar stool at the other end of the café. While chatting away to some random woman, he glanced in my direction and winked the message “Don’t worry, I know I’m yours. I’ll be over to you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alarm, bar, beach, cafe, death, Devon, die, family, field, film, glance, list, maker, name, potato, sea, seal, seals, shore, shoreline, star, stars, stool, tables, TPR, whiteboard, woman | Leave a comment

Lambs to the slaughter (Rousse)

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Dreamaticus

We were living in temporary accommodation with a flock of sheep until our move south was complete. Something had gone horribly wrong overnight, possibly due to my carelessness with a canteen of cutlery. I’d dropped it down the staircase and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baby, canteen, cutlery, death, die, farmer, flock, lamb, lambs, sheep, slaughter, stairs, staricase, TPR | Leave a comment

Pot plant neglect penalty (Rousse)

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Dreamaticus

MI slammed the study door, then thumped along the hall to my bedroom, a thunderous look scored across her face. “You let my plants DIE!” she howled. She was right. I had completely forgotten about the three pots of weedy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bathroom, bedroom, death, die, door, face, hall, kick, leaves, plants, pot, rage, soil, stalks, study, tantrum, temper, wall, weeds | Leave a comment

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When will I die? (Rousse)

A generous death (Rousse)

Tickled by a ghost at a high school reunion (Rousse)

Unwise words and a Christmas tragedy on the Thames (Rousse)

Perspectives from a plinth (Rousse)

A rummage through an atheist’s wardrobe (Rousse)

Widower fooled by wife imposter (Rousse)

Lambs to the slaughter (Rousse)

Pot plant neglect penalty (Rousse)

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