Tag Archives: neighbour

A cat and a cleaner (Rousse)

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Dreamaticus

My former neighbour JS cradled a beautiful tabby cat in her arms. It was a leaving present from her friends. The cat, however, was not the focus of our conversation. Rather, JS wanted to show her displeasure at my nephew … Continue reading →

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References essential for employment (Rousse)

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Now that we had decided for certain to remodel the back of our house, TPR set to work emptying all the rooms of furniture. He soon discovered that this was too big a job for one person, so put a … Continue reading →

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A new home in Howe Street, Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Dreamaticus

We bought 55b Howe Street, Edinburgh. It was a top floor flat offering amazing views of the breakers and puffins on the beach (far better than North Berwick), and a route so short to Glenogle Baths that many of the … Continue reading →

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House clearance ‘burglary’ (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I stood outside our building and watched several members of an Indian family empty the ground floor flat. When yet another a young man came out of the front door – this one carrying a neat pile of brown bed … Continue reading →

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Locating lost shoes (Rousse)

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Dreamaticus

All I needed was a pair of shoes. I could find singles scattered all over the place, but no individual shoe matched another. Eventually my style-obsessed neighbour confessed that he had raided my wardrobe for footwear. Odd shoes of mine … 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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Photographing ferrets in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Dreamaticus

From an upstairs window I could see my sister S and her partner C standing on the front step of their house with a couple of black ferrets in their arms. “They would be great to photograph!”, I thought, so … Continue reading →

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A day out in London with a Dane, an impersonator, and a baby Belle (Rousse)

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I had a day out with Belle in London. First she took me to the museum café where she treated me to a raspberry and ice cream fruit sundae. I ate it seated next to a Dane who told me … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s rich skip pickings

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My former neighbour was a wasteful interior designer. This was great news for me and the new occupant of the flat above mine. We could take our pick of all the items that the spendthrift had abandoned in the skip … Continue reading →

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Hidden drugs and a Roald Dahl poster in a tube (Rousse)

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I could tell that my neighbour JS was desperate to go to the lavatory so I offered her the use of our guest bathroom. She refused on the basis that it was at the back of the house and bound … Continue reading →

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