Tag Archives: phone

The lost and a linguist in Toronto (Rousse)

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR and my cousin N both left the shopping mall before I had a chance to put my change into my purse and gather my bags. When I eventually followed them out into the Toronto streets I could no longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apartment, bus, bus stop, change, foot, friend, holiday-maker, linguist, lost, mall, menu, mobile, phone, purse, seafood, shopping, Spanish, street, Toronto, TPR, transport, walk | Leave a comment

A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Christmas surprise (Rousse)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR kept a shop not far from the Edinburgh city bypass. It sold traditional toys. One Christmas Eve I walked to the shop with KA. On the way I regaled her with tales of Queen Margaret College graduate MR, his … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged black, call, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christmas, Christmas Eve, college, duck, engine, family, fire, girlfriend, graduate, Liverpool, Liverpudlian, phone, plume, Queen Margaret, shop, smoke, steam, surprise, telephone, toddler, toy, TPR, traditional, tug, twin, wheel, wood | Leave a comment

A flying visit to Nine Mile Burn (Rousse)

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

JM gave me very little time to consider the sense of his suggestion. ‘Just hold my hand tight, and everything will be fine’ he instructed. Then we jumped the twenty feet from the balcony into the school hall below. JM … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged balcony, car, company, feet, flat, float, fly, gathering, gravel, hall, hand, hillside, house, jump, mobile, momentum, Nine Mile Burn, party, phone, Pitlochry, rental, school, shadow, sunshine, surface, touch down, TPR, tree, visit | Leave a comment

Breaking bad in Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I finally gave into Jesse Pinkman’s pleading, picked up the silver automatic Volvo at Picardy Place, and accepted the stolen mobile phone. We would cook with Badger in an empty house off Pilrig Street. For the time being it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged badger, Breaking bad, business, drug, Edinburgh, hide, illegal, Jesse Pinkman, mobile, partnership, phone, Picardy Place, Pilrig Street, secret, TPR, trade, trip, Volvo | Leave a comment

A missed meeting in Smeaton (Rousse)

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I remembered that I had agreed to catch up with LM at 4:30pm, but I had forgotten to check the venue of our meeting. I was shocked when I saw in her Facebook message that we were to meet in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1980s, cancel, cassette, clod, forget, health, landline, meeting, miss, mobile, phone, primitive, shrub, Smeaton, soil, tape, telephone, venue, voicemail, worry | Leave a comment

Cancer patient makes an early, and ill-advised, return to work (Rousse)

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

LM was shocked to see me in the corridor on campus. ‘Whatever are you doing here?’ she shouted. ‘You’ve got cancer. Go back home to your sickbay!’ My own opinion was that I was fit to work. Then I tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged belongings, blue, campus, children, chocolates, collect, corridor, early, elevator, green, hand-knitted, ill-advised, job, jumper, lift, lose, mobile, office, office-mate, paternoster, patient, phone, reception, return, shock, sickbay, sticker, surplus, sweets, work, yellow | Leave a comment

A secret non-affair (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Once again I had sneaked up the stairs to PL’s tiny garret flat and climbed into bed with him. Nothing much ever happened on these visits. Even so, we kept them secret. Then I looked out of the window. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged affair, bed, call, clothes, downstairs, flat, garden, garret, husband, mobile, nightie, non-affair, phone, secret, suit, TPR, upstairs, watch, window | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: phone

The lost and a linguist in Toronto (Rousse)

A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Christmas surprise (Rousse)

A flying visit to Nine Mile Burn (Rousse)

Breaking bad in Edinburgh (Rousse)

A missed meeting in Smeaton (Rousse)

Cancer patient makes an early, and ill-advised, return to work (Rousse)

A secret non-affair (Rousse)

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