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JK Rowling bakes a mean meringue (Rousse)

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This is the tale of the day that JK Rowling and I finally secured our friendship. It didn’t start well… BR scolded me. He couldn’t understand why I thought it acceptable to walk the length of the railway line completely … Continue reading →

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A nightclub, a gift shop, and plastic surgery secrets (Rousse)

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I didn’t normally frequent nightclubs, but TPR was away and I wasn’t going to stay in on a Saturday night. I jumped into a taxi with three young men, muttered an apology for hitching this free ride, and travelled with … Continue reading →

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Former Sun Microsystems employee turns to a life of crime (Rousse)

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The Australian lady appeared to be doing the woman at my table a favour. She said that she was returning the lime green purse that had dropped out of the other woman’s handbag. I, however, was unconvinced that this was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australian, cash, Chinese, crime, employee, fight, green, handbag, lime, purse, Sun Microsystems, table, wallet, wrist | Leave a comment

Birmingham University confessions, a career with moleskin trousers, and underwater cycle kayaking (Rousse)

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

SB kicked off the Birmingham University French department reunion by suggesting that we read the “confessions” from last time. She actually meant the comments on the 2006 evaluation sheets, which she passed around the table. Personally I would have preferred … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged band, Birmingham University, Blackberry, blush, bouncers, call, canal, career, carousel, club, comments, confessions, cycling, cyclists, data, disco, evaluation, fairground, French, girl, green, handbag, handwriting, industrial panel, kayaking, Manor House, mobile, moleskin, moleskins, party, phone, racing, rucksack, sheets, TPR, trousers, tunnel, underwater, University of Birmingham | Leave a comment

Summer 2012 handbags a huge hit at the British Library (Rousse)

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was surprised when X showed interest in taking charge of conference administration. Indeed, I wasn’t sure that she would be up to the job. On the day itself X caused some confusion amongst the delegates as to where they … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2012, administration, badge, badges, bag, bags, British Library, British Library Conference Centre, colour, colours, conference, delegate, delegates, designer, freebie, freebies, handbag, handbags, job, leather, library, list, logo, mistake, mistakes, PA, pack, packs, patent, summer, template, Word | Leave a comment

JK Rowling’s new book (Rousse)

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Dreamaticus

JK Rowling and I were enjoying a quiet day out together in Edinburgh. To begin with we got away with wandering around town without attracting any attention. However, when Jo put on her fur coat and started prancing around with … Continue reading →

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Daring Dane defeated by dastardly handbag thief (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

A handbag thief was on the loose. His method was to slit the base of his victims’ bags from behind then deftly extract the valuables from beneath. He performed this trick on me as I walked down the street. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, dagger, Dane, Danish, double agent, girl, girls, handbag, running, scythe, thief, trick, victim, victims, weapon | Leave a comment

Why to tack a horse (Rousse)

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The High Street was almost completely covered in droppings. The only way for me to negotiate it safely was to ride a horse of my own. I found grey one in a field back at the guest house. It didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, beach, canter, droppings. manure, flirt, flirting, handbag, High Street, horse, Joey D, links, tack, tacking | Leave a comment

The world’s most expensive lump of yeast (Rousse)

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Belle and I had a desperate need for live yeast. Convinced that we’d find some in one of the breweries off Dalry Road, we set off from my flat in two separate taxis. I climbed into the one that had … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agent, airport, allergies, allergy, apron, bag, bankruptcy, biscuit, BM256, boy, boyfriend, breadmaker, break, break maker, breweries, brewery, business, cake, car, chocolate, Dalry Road, digestive, display, driving, Edinburgh, expensive, flat, food, grey-haired, handbag, Kenwood, leavening, Leith, live, loaf, make, making, man, mobile, paper, phone, recipe, rice, rice cake, shy, taxi, taxis, telephone, TPR, trip, US, wheel, wholemeal, yeast | Leave a comment

Man falls to death from medieval tower: “lost” handbag takes the blame (Rousse)

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I found my new Joey D handbag again where I’d left it: sitting in the corner of the lift. It must have been travelling up and down the floors for hours, yet it appeared untouched. I pulled the zip to … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: handbag

JK Rowling bakes a mean meringue (Rousse)

A nightclub, a gift shop, and plastic surgery secrets (Rousse)

Former Sun Microsystems employee turns to a life of crime (Rousse)

Birmingham University confessions, a career with moleskin trousers, and underwater cycle kayaking (Rousse)

JK Rowling’s new book (Rousse)

Daring Dane defeated by dastardly handbag thief (Rousse)

Why to tack a horse (Rousse)

The world’s most expensive lump of yeast (Rousse)

Man falls to death from medieval tower: “lost” handbag takes the blame (Rousse)

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