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How the other half (barely) lives (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When I was supposed to be at work I poked around my sister J’s vastly extended house in West Sussex. On the ground floor there was a luxurious self-contained holiday cottage that looked out onto a large rectangular pond destined … Continue reading →

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Sectarian sanitation (Rousse)

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was in big trouble for using the disabled toilet – because I was able-bodied, white, and Protestant.

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A shaman, a shopping trolley, and sisters’ satin dresses (Rousse)

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The camp site shaman forced everyone to hand over their belongings on arrival. We were meant to do the same. Somehow, however, I had managed to find a way of acquiring the goods of others. I took a blue tartan … Continue reading →

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Books, visitors, and plans for Christmas 2016 at the newly acquired guest house (Rousse)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The guest house was now in the hands of MB. This meant that there was a completely different library of old books from which to retrieve your reading material. I soon worked my way through modern literary fiction, but then … Continue reading →

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Chatting up men on the train (Rousse)

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I struck up a conversation with a disabled man on the train under the eagle eye of my sister J. Suddenly she was the expert on social inclusion and declared my cheery banter completely inappropriate.

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Tiny disabled Chinese criminal forced to live in a pocket (Rousse)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Dreamaticus

OC’s new charge was a tiny disabled Chinese ex-con with a miniscule human head and the plastic body of an Action Mall doll. He’d given up his life of crime after his gang leaders found he was more of a … Continue reading →

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Shoes, socks and underwear in Swindon (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Dreamaticus

In a strappy black vest top and black trousers, I probably wasn’t suitably dressed for a memorial service – even if I had the approval of AH who peered lustily down my cleavage. My main concern was the fashion faux … Continue reading →

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How the other half (barely) lives (Rousse)

Sectarian sanitation (Rousse)

A shaman, a shopping trolley, and sisters’ satin dresses (Rousse)

Books, visitors, and plans for Christmas 2016 at the newly acquired guest house (Rousse)

Tiny disabled Chinese criminal forced to live in a pocket (Rousse)

Shoes, socks and underwear in Swindon (Rousse)

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