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Tag Archives: sister
Daily Mail sub-editor is secret small screen writer (Rousse)
I discovered that Daily Mail sub-editor RH was the secret writer of scores of award-winning television dramas. This was on the same day that I overheard him say that he hardly ever watched television. It was my brother-in-law JS who … Continue reading
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Tagged allergic, allergy, award, bbrother-in-law, cat, cloth, Daily Mail, display, dog, doll, drama, drawing, Edinburgh, Hartburn, layout, Nottingham, patchwork, resident, reunion, room, screen, secret, sister, St Bernard, Stockton, sub-editor, television, TV, White House, win, writer
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Twin quad quandary (Rousse)
Were there two, three of four of them? Why did they all look so similar? In the end I asked the nearest one. ‘Oh, we’re just two sets of identical twin sisters’ came the explanation. ‘But you all look so … Continue reading
Things to do in Dumfries and Galloway (Rousse)
Just over the brow of the hill we would reach the beach with the enormous waves. I screamed at TPR to slow down – otherwise we risked being engulfed in sea water as soon as we hit the sand. I … Continue reading
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Tagged break, brwo, bus, child, children, Dumfries, dune, edge, engulf, Galloway, girl, guest, hair, hill, lift, long, lunch, market, medieval, orchestra, placement, practise, pupil, red, revolving door, risk, road, sand, school, sea, sister, slow, spill, tide, time, tour, town, TPR, twin, twon, uniform, visit, water, wave, work
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A failed family get-together at Newcastle-by-the-sea (Rousse)
Newcastle city centre was packed on the first Saturday after the January pay-day. We should never have agreed to meet my mother and sister S there. As things turned out, we didn’t manage to find one another. This was because … Continue reading
Television time delayed due to water allergy (Rousse)
My sister JMH and brother-in-law had added another extension to their house. This was an enormous bathroom off the kitchen. Its ‘walls’ were made of canvas and decorated with swirly orange 1970s patterns. In the kitchen itself they had installed … Continue reading
Lunch in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris (Rousse)
On the day that I chucked ECM for writing the most cruel anonymous letters about me I went out for lunch with the M family in the Bois de Boulogne. Other guests at the table included my sister S, and … Continue reading
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Tagged anonymous, Bois de Boulogne, cruel, ex-boyfriend, family, guest, letter, lunch, Paris, sister
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Christmas cake complications (Rousse)
It was meant to be a simple lunch at my parents’ house, but the complications began as soon as I invited the others to the table. First I noticed that my former colleague AT failed to turn up. Then the … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, bike, black, bottle, cake, Christmas, cloud, engineering, exit, family, frozen, Heathrow, joy, kitchen, labyrinth, lake, Lake District, limo, limousine, London, motor, motorbike, neighbour, Orange, parent, passage-way, passageway, phone, pudding, ride, shelf, shelves, sister, soup, stretch, Sweden, ticket, tourist, travel, undeground, wine
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A shaman, a shopping trolley, and sisters’ satin dresses (Rousse)
The camp site shaman forced everyone to hand over their belongings on arrival. We were meant to do the same. Somehow, however, I had managed to find a way of acquiring the goods of others. I took a blue tartan … Continue reading
Bold in boots and bra under tight-fit trouser suit (Rousse)
I didn’t want to join the party too early so I took my time over my choice of outfit. My sister J walked into the room just as I was putting on a pale blue tight-fit cotton trouser suit with … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, bold, boots, bra, chateau, convention, cotton, cupboard, curtain, event, fake, floor, French, gap, high-heeled, mall, neck, old, outifit, party, plead, professional, sad, scoop, shopping, single, sister, suede, suit, T shirt, tight-fit, Toronto, TPR, trade, trouser, undress, VIP, voicemail, wardrobe, white, woman, work
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Rwandan driver leads travellers a merry dance over the sand dunes of Holy Island with a horse (Rousse)
After an enormous breakfast of smoked salmon and roast potatoes – some of which I had to put back in the fridge because I simply couldn’t manage it all – I caught the train south. My travelling companions were TPR, … Continue reading →