Tag Archives: floor

The ‘credible consort’ (Rousse)

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Graduates from all eras had achieved quite a feat in the organisation of a reunion ball at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank stadium. After all these years, I was very excited to see many of my former students. I returned to the tower … Continue reading →

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Last minute kitchen disco (Rousse)

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Our dinner guests had left, and I was about to turn in for the night when the doorbell rang. Into the flat piled a horde of old ECM friends, desperate to party. TPR had invited them over just a few … Continue reading →

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Dropped dialect dough (Rousse)

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Dreamaticus

Peering at the sink in DM’s kitchen, SC asked me to pass something to her. She used a term that was completely unfamiliar to me: a dialect word for ‘pastry dough’. I dropped it on the floor during the manoeuvre. … Continue reading →

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Inhospitable hospitality (Rousse)

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Dreamaticus

It was only when we woke up in the morning that I discovered that TPR had refused his cousin entry to our (huge) bed. Instead GP had slept on the floor, next to his son EP in a cot.

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Purple wallpapering mistake (Rousse)

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Dreamaticus

While the rest of the house was still in complete chaos, my sister S had made a huge effort and managed to tidy her room. Nothing was out of place and at last you could see the floor again. She’d … Continue reading →

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An irresistible avocado green bath tub (Rousse)

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Should we purchase the flat on London Road, Edinburgh that we were currently renting from an Indian? Sure, it was a little way out of town, but the floor space was larger than our old place. The deal clincher, however, … Continue reading →

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Doing a ton on the A9 (Rousse)

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The A9 had been closed for months for a massive road rebuilding scheme designed to attract further tourism to the highlands of Scotland. Now that the construction work was finished, every hotel along the route offered views of the beautiful … Continue reading →

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Art distraction (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR took down all the pictures in the hall and replaced them with a single massive canvas. It was so big that it covered both the wall and the floor. Friends, art lovers, and the general public from all around … Continue reading →

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Richard Wilson, a Pharaoh, and the representation of women at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Richard Wilson remembered me from the days that we shared a lane in the Glenogle swimming pool. He therefore greeted me as a friend in the members’ room of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The actor and I were both … Continue reading →

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