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Tsunami hits north west England (Rousse)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Dreamaticus

All the EdCM girls were billed to speak at the Manchester conference, so I was really looking forward to it. However, by the time I reached my destination Manchester had transformed into the Liverpool docks (pre-investment), the conference was no … Continue reading →

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Rousse battles unconvention at a funeral, naked on the train, and with her man

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Dreamaticus

It was a tragedy. Cousin R caught a cold on the golf course and promptly dropped dead. Now everyone was gathered for his less than conventional funeral. This included not only a scruffy, elderly bride in a dirty mauve dress … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s conference humiliation

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I should have known not to ask Belle how she was. The stress of conference planning was all too evident in her manic facial expressions. Now I’d given her full rein to reel off an unnecessarily detailed response about the … Continue reading →

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Rousse misses out on the miracle of childbirth

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Mother-of-four SY took charge of the six women seated in silence around the long wooden table. She instructed me to wash my hands and help when necessary. If I doubted SY’s qualifications in midwifery, my own experience of childbirth was … Continue reading →

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The return of Rousse’s red Peugeot 205

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Dreamaticus

There were so many questions: Why had my parents “rescued” my red Peugeot 205 (sold on in 2008) and booked it into repair at a garage (of which we knew nothing) at the other side of town? Did it really … Continue reading →

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