Tag Archives: home

Calorie burning and a code cracker (Rousse)

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I invented a new form of fitness equipment that would make my fortune. It was a type of spinning tray that could be used at home on any carpeted floor. Never had burning calories been so much fun! TPR interrupted … Continue reading →

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Checking for Czechs (Rousse)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I tried walking home along country lanes at night time, but this proved too dangerous. Even in flashing trainers it soon became obvious that drivers could not see me, and that I was risking my life. I changed my plan … Continue reading →

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Sisters, a husband, and parents on holiday (Rousse)

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Dreamaticus

It seemed inappropriate that two little blonde sisters aged six and eight wearing white shift dresses would be showing tourists around a World War I theme park. It was also rather odd that TPR was not staying in the plush … Continue reading →

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Vintage queen turns her hand to home décor (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I had always admired MH’s sense of style. Her vintage wardrobe was especially interesting. However, now my attentions turned to her taste in home décor. I loved the bold blue wallpaper in the matching toilet cubicles, and the scenes of … Continue reading →

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Jo Jo the poison pen email writer pushes stressed academic over the edge (Rousse)

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was in the habit of commuting by train to the headquarters of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in London. There I worked in the basement on an unending series of grant applications. From time to time … Continue reading →

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Bid to honour Hartburn home (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Dreamaticus

There was a move to honour the White House (Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees) as a national monument on account of the parties held there in the 1970s and 1980s. I doubted that it merited such attention: it was not as if my … Continue reading →

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The shame of the husband who shames his wife in public (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR had fallen into the habit of shaming me in public. For example, he made lewd remarks about his choice of life-partner to our widowed bed and breakfast host. Then I caught him laying bets on the outcome of Wimbledon … Continue reading →

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Middle-aged errant husband enjoys ‘space’ in the arms of a 21 year old student (Rousse)

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR announced that he needed some ‘space’ so he moved out of our marital home and into a shared flat in Bruntsfield with a bunch of undergrads and some young professionals (one of whom had just been offered a lectureship … Continue reading →

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A bugged life, and a trip in the Tardis (Rousse)

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Dreamaticus

As soon as TPR was out of the picture, my tall dark friend moved in. He pointed to his earpiece and warned me to be very careful: my entire life was being bugged. Not long afterwards I match-maked my two … Continue reading →

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Loose change found in red telephone box is small fortune to lonely lochside walker (Rousse)

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I walked for miles and miles alone, without a single podcast, in shorts and sandals along the loch side. By the time I reached the village at around the mid-point of the 32-mile route, however, I was missing TPR’s company. … Continue reading →

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