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Friends amongst French antiques (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My school friend KC and her husband D excitedly showed us a brochure for a French antique shop. Amongst the photographs of ancient furniture I spotted the proprietors P and SG. KC couldn’t believe the coincidence. I admitted that this … Continue reading →

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An uncaring husband (Rousse)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was furious with TPR. First of all he dragged me all the way to E and LC’s house so that we could land on them unexpectedly – on a day that they were recovering from jet lag following their … Continue reading →

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A mother on horseback and men holding hands (Rousse)

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Dreamaticus

This I had to see: my mother on horseback. From a distance I observed that my sister was leading the two-horse hack, encouraging mother to whip her steed into action. The horses broke into a trot. Almost immediately my mother … Continue reading →

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Dinner party distractions (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR interfered with my cooking arrangements so now all the plans for the dinner party had gone awry. He even let a plastic spatula melt in a saucepan. Meanwhile JLW wasn’t doing much better at setting the table for 16 … Continue reading →

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A dangerous friend (Rousse)

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My friend created an elaborate shelving unit by balancing blocks of wood upright on bare planks. As might be expected, it fell apart the moment that it was nudged. Then one day the same friend took us swimming in a … Continue reading →

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How to throw out a husband who will not leave (Rousse)

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My school friend AL had been living for some time with her family in an old hotel. They had never bothered to convert the building, so there was still an institutional feel around the place. When I first arrived, AL … Continue reading →

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Television time delayed due to water allergy (Rousse)

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My sister JMH and brother-in-law had added another extension to their house. This was an enormous bathroom off the kitchen. Its ‘walls’ were made of canvas and decorated with swirly orange 1970s patterns. In the kitchen itself they had installed … Continue reading →

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Staying with friends during house renovations, and a parsnip cheese (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Dreamaticus

While their flat was being renovated BM and RG initially stayed with MSB and DB, but now it was our turn to play host. We didn’t have much space for them because there were many others also in residence at … Continue reading →

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An Australian temptress (Rousse)

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Dreamaticus

An Australian woman called Helen started spending a lot of time with KT and JH. At first we thought that she was just a friend of the couple, but on the day that JH banned me from joining him on … Continue reading →

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Windfall for Scottish bed and breakfast owners (Rousse)

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Under a Scottish Enterprise scheme established in the 1980s, on retirement bed and breakfast proprietors across Scotland could sell their businesses back to the Scottish Government for huge sums of money. Our friends on the Isle of Lewis were very … Continue reading →

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