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Tag Archives: niece
Giving up on Argyll (Rousse)
I loved the beautiful arts and crafts house in Argyll that I shared with my parents and husband, so I was devastated when my father announced that he had had enough of the poor road links and isolation and would … Continue reading
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Tagged Argyll, arts and crafts, fortune, Hexham, house, husband, isolation, nephew, niece, parents, Scotland, sell, Stockton-on-Tess, wilderness
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A bigamist and big birds with red breasts (Rousse)
I married my husband’s niece in a small but intimate ceremony with most of my in-laws in attendance. None of the family thought it odd that I was committing bigamy. Even I had convinced myself that it was permissible to … Continue reading
A mistaken victim of a murderous niece (Rousse)
They thought that they had found the (whole) body of my aunt. This was impossible. After the murder I had disposed of the corpse very carefully, cut it into many pieces, and distributed them over several sites. This was clearly … Continue reading
Helping out with a history essay (Rousse)
I sat next to Colin in the reading room of the library. I had thought he was my niece AF’s boyfriend, but then remembered that she was going out with DL. Perhaps Colin was her ex? Whatever his status, I … Continue reading
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Tagged boyfriend, Colin, essay, ex, fix, history, introduction, keyboard, laptop, library, niece, physics, reading room, TPR
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Staying with friends during house renovations, and a parsnip cheese (Rousse)
While their flat was being renovated BM and RG initially stayed with MSB and DB, but now it was our turn to play host. We didn’t have much space for them because there were many others also in residence at … Continue reading
A Paris conference drop-out skincare expert (Rousse)
I was in Paris for an academic conference. Just a couple of stops along the Metro were my sister-in-law JLR and my niece F, now aged 16. I missed sessions, dressed in a white hotel towel and plastic high heels … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, acne, advice, city, conference, expert, Fawlty Towers, hotel, Lakeland Plastics, metro, niece, Paris, sister-in-law, skin, skincare, street, towel
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From drama to dental school in California (Rousse)
I was in California on business for two weeks. TPR and my niece B accompanied me. B was about to start drama school there as an international student. We thought it important to check out her new university, not least … Continue reading
Talking donkeys (Rousse)
I had a quick conversation with some donkeys in a field about my forthcoming presentation (as yet unprepared). Meanwhile TPR was in trouble because (a) it had rained so heavily that water had come through the ceiling of our flat … Continue reading
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Tagged donkey, field, flat, holiday, ignore, niece, presentation, rain, talk, talking, TPR, water, yard
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A storybook bedroom with spiral staircase (Rousse)
My husband and I snuggled down together in a bedroom that could have featured on the pages of a children’s storybook. The walls were papered with jolly seaside scenes, traditional toys were scattered on the floor, and ornamental mechanical soldiers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Affenpinscher, bedroom, blanket, book, breakfast, bunnies, bunny, cake, chest, children, crawl, dog, drawers, dress, girl, husband, mechanical, mother, mousse, niece, pike, podium, purple, seaside, shelf, shelves, shoo, sleep, snuggle, soldier, spiral, staircase, step, story, storybook, toy, traditional, wardrobe
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Swimming lessons for six year olds (Rousse)
My 19 year old niece BMc had reverted to a six year old and begged me to take her swimming.
