Tag Archives: kitchen

Accommodation angst with an archeologist (Rousse)

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Life would be a lot easier if I lodged with archeologist RJ at least one night a week in her shared flat in Newington. So we made an arrangement for me to start a trial run on Wednesday. I bought … Continue reading →

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Belle invents a new word

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Dreamaticus

While trying to explain the enormous pumpkin I had accidentally grown, and which was now stored on the kitchen floor, I told my neighbour it was caused by ‘probundance’ – problematic abundance.

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Party treats of burnt prawns and carbonised sausages (Rousse)

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Our lodger FR hadn’t quite got the hang of our kitchen. She crammed far too much blue and white crockery into the glass-fronted cupboards, then cleared a drawer to store a single cake. More annoying, she didn’t clean up after … Continue reading →

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A lost baby, a father risen from the dead, drug addicts, and an unlicensed driver (Rousse)

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Dreamaticus

‘Wake up! Wake up!’ I screamed at my mother in the bed next to mine. ‘Naomi’s baby has vanished!’ I made such a noise that I literally woke my father from the dead. When I noticed his corpse stir at … Continue reading →

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A lost white Volvo, a 10K race, and a needy husband (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My sisters argued that my mother’s white Volvo would look good in her care home car park. I refused to move it there. In any case, I had no idea where it was. I also had other things on my … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie one-upwomanship (Rousse)

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I was working as an au pair for a vile vain woman who treated me as her inferior in status and intelligence. She also employed three young foreign woman in her kitchen at night. When I learnt that the others … Continue reading →

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Sell-by dates and shoe walls (Belle)

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was up a long ladder cleaning the top of my grandmother’s kitchen cupboards while she supervised. Mostly I was checking sell-by dates on food items, and lying to her about them. When I found a box of ‘Apple-Cinnamon Breakfast … Continue reading →

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Lip fillers at the Exmoor chintz and regency innuendo hotel (Rousse)

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I arrived late at the school reunion in white jeans and a long-sleeved navy blue T shirt, perfectly in keeping with the outfits of my former classmates. However, I had dressed in such a rush that I had forgotten to … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson hosts house party with the PM in the Canadian Rockies (Rousse)

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Before Belle and I set off on our Canadian Rockies adventure, we first had to pick the dog up from the vet. Black was a tiny sweet Affenpincher and very excited to be reunited with us after his (expensive) operation. … Continue reading →

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Hoarder order (Rousse)

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The rumours that my sister lived in complete chaos were false. She had disposed of all the hoarded belongings from one room in her flat and was now busy painting it white. Her bedroom was also very neat and tidy. … Continue reading →

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