Tag Archives: mother

Expensive Scottish border sandwiches, sandals, and snow (Rousse)

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Dreamaticus

As we crossed the border at Carter Bar, I calculated that we would reach my mother’s house around 4pm. By this time my passengers would be rather hungry. I would not take any chances on the stock of my mother’s … Continue reading →

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An unintentional insult (Rousse)

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Through the car window, I thought that I saw KA wearing a long thin pale yellow jumper dress in the new deli in Hexham. I parked nearby and walked back along the road to the shop. Sure enough it was … Continue reading →

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Abusive parental role play (Rousse)

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Dreamaticus

This was not my best idea for a bonding exercise: find a partner; allocate the roles of mother and daughter; perform role play on the basis that the parent hates the child.

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A family drive along the south coast (Rousse)

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Dreamaticus

With my mother at the wheel, and all three sisters on the back seat with Baby Ted and my panda, we drove along the south coast of England. ‘Is that the Isle of Wight?’ I asked, pointing to a beautiful, … Continue reading →

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A (possibly) dead husband and a stolen Christmas parcel (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Life had been difficult since TPR died of cancer, but I resolved to lead as ‘normal’ a life as possible, and went to work as usual. I needed to tell the powers that be that the arrangement for collecting deliveries … Continue reading →

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Two deaths for Daddy (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Both the hospital and EasyDeath had lied. It was impossible that those ashes in the box on the mantelpiece were my father’s because here he was still clinging to life, looking for fish in a low river with my mother … Continue reading →

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A lobster-pot daughter and dodgy art work cleaning (Rousse)

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Even though he obviously was not her father, TPR was the primary carer for our tiny new African baby. She was so beautiful that even I found it hard to believe that she was my very own daughter. We were … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh property dispute (Rousse)

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We had already sold and moved out of our Edinburgh flat a couple of times – and always ended up buying it back again. There was something about the sensible dimensions of the rooms, as well as the flat’s convenient … Continue reading →

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Huge nuts in a hazel wood, and horrid pickles (Rousse)

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My sister-in-law S and her husband A had a reputation for buying ridiculous properties. Their most recent purchase was a cottage in the woods. Our first impression was of isolation and inaccessibility along a rough track through hazel trees. However, … Continue reading →

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Octogenarian bed-hopping (Rousse)

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Dreamaticus

When we woke in the morning my husband and I found my eighty year-old mother comfortably sandwiched between us in our king-sized bed. At which point during the night had she sneaked in without our noticing? How could we politely … Continue reading →

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