Tag Archives: shopping

Shopping disturbances (Rousse)

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Dreamaticus

VAE and CM telephoned me from a ‘country fare’ style gift shop. VAE leant against a display of pink stilettos as she was speaking to me. She shouted in alarm when the first one on the shelf toppled over and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allendale, bottle, disgust, domino, fine, gift, manager, mess, pink, shelf, shop, shopping, showroom, stiletto, TPR, water | Leave a comment

Gym gatecrashers (Rousse)

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The personal trainers had removed most of the artefacts that I had brought in to customise my corner of the gym. Now piled up higgledy-piggledy against the wall were the certificates and newspaper cuttings from my 10k races, the stereo … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10k, bag, blam, breathing, CD, confiscate, cutomise, cutting, drug, exczema, exercise, gathecrasher, gym, hand, membership, newspaper, packaging, personal, plastic, shame, shopping, stereo, sweat, Tesco, TPR, trainer | Leave a comment

Left behind groceries at LIDL (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Dreamaticus

A pile of groceries lay on the floor at the entrance to LIDL: a cabbage, a dozen potatoes, a few sprouts, and six tins of tomatoes. They’d been there for at least two days, but nobody knew the reason why. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art, can, fiancée, groceries, installation, LIDL, potato, shopping, soup, sprout, tin, tomato | Leave a comment

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

Quad on the Tyne – with David Tennant (Rousse)

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My mother took up observing the wildlife of East Lothian in the dead of night using infra-red technology. She invited us to join her one evening. David Tennant turned up to wave us off – my mother on a quadbike, … Continue reading →

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Dismantling a dog, rib by rib (Rousse)

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The steak dropped out of my shopping bag and fell to the ground. A dog dashed forward to grab the meat. The dog’s owners tackled the dog. The only way to retrieve the steak from the dog was to remove … Continue reading →

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A good deed turned bad (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I stepped out of my seat to help the old lady left standing in the middle of the bus. My intention was to prop her up. Instead I accidentally pushed her over. All the contents of her shopping trolley went … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accident, aisle, bad, bus, deed, fly, good, lady, old, prop, push, seat, shop, shopping, trolley, turn | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: shopping

Shopping disturbances (Rousse)

Gym gatecrashers (Rousse)

Left behind groceries at LIDL (Rousse)

The lost and a linguist in Toronto (Rousse)

Quad on the Tyne – with David Tennant (Rousse)

Dismantling a dog, rib by rib (Rousse)

A good deed turned bad (Rousse)

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