Tag Archives: homeless

From holiday to homeless (Belle)

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My holiday in a mystery European city was turning into a disaster. When I asked “where am I?” people thought I was joking and refused to answer. The road layout kept on changing, and the students who were hosting me … Continue reading →

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Homeless photographer takes a trip to Japan (Rousse)

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I packed away the white bed sheet that I slept in each night at the doorway of the Bethany shop on Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Then I set off to join the family reunion in Japan. As a reunion venue, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bethany, carriage, Edinburgh, family reunion, homeless, Japan, landscape, Leith Walk, midden, photograph, photographer, railway, sand, shell, shop, station, train | Leave a comment

Sea harvest for the homeless (Rousse)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Dreamaticus

Evicted from our house, we continued to live nearby in our car. There were two other ‘households’ resident in the seaside car park: a family of Eastern Europeans in a van, and two African women in a peeling-paint blue wooden … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged African, banana, beach, brambles, car, east European, fruit, homeless, hut, melon, park, pyjamas, sea, shore, TPR | Leave a comment

The qualified homeless (Rousse)

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Homeless, I lived in my car. When I was fortunate to find an empty flat, I would sneak in there to use the shower and prepare for job interviews. One day a young woman asked about my prospects of employment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged employment, flat, homeless, interview, job, O levels, opportunity, qualifications, shower | Leave a comment

A culprit and Akita Staffordshire bull terrier cross dogs (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I should have been convicted of causing a death by dangerous driving of a Lothian Buses double decker. I escaped this fate thanks to the snow that covered up all evidence of my involvement. Pinning the blame on a homeless … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Akita, bull, bus, culprit, dangerous, death, driving, homeless, Lothian, man, Staffie, Staffies, Staffordshire bull terrier, terriers | Leave a comment

Fashion for homeless apes (Rousse)

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I felt sorry for the homeless gorillas and other apes who lived rough on the traffic roundabout. Now that it was winter they had somehow managed to fashion themselves a form of clothing from discarded grain sacks, but I feared … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ape, fashion, gorilla, grain, homeless, roundabout, sack | Leave a comment

Christmas travel arrangements (Rousse)

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Homeless, we were shackled up at my parents’ house for Christmas. One bonus, however, was that we did rather well for Christmas presents. Amongst my haul were two new sets of pyjamas, one of which was red and fleecy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aunt, Christmas, cotton, cousin, drive, economy, fleecy, flight, foot, forget, homeless, house, leg-room, lucky, pack, parent, pink, present, pyjamas, red, seat, sister, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, TPR, travel, uncle | Leave a comment

Amazing discoveries from the dead to diamonds in rainy Birmingham (Rousse)

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I drove through the rain to Birmingham where I met KB. Homeless since last Christmas, he’d now managed to secure accommodation for himself and his two foster children: Catherine aged 6, and Harry aged 12. (His own daughters had both … Continue reading →

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The best accommodation in Birmingham (Rousse)

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I needed somewhere for a short overnight stay in Birmingham. The perfect solution was to invite ourselves round to our old house in Birmingham. We’d done this before – in secret when the new owners had been away. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accommodation, bedding, Birmingham, brickwork, cushions, dormitory, forget, full, homeless, host, house, overnight, owners, refugees, residence, secret, shelter, sitting room, sleep, sofa, space, stay, TPR, visit | Leave a comment

Homeless bed down in library lift (Rousse)

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I thought that I would help BP out by collecting his finished job from the Print Room and taking it up to the meeting. The problem was that I was unfamiliar with the lift system on campus. I couldn’t work … Continue reading →

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