Tag Archives: wardrobe

Movie star wolf travels the Outer Hebrides by CalMac ferry (Rousse)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were adrift on an unstaffed Calmac ferry somewhere between the islands of Barra and Tiree. The only other passenger was a wolf. He tried to persuade us that he was a movie star by claiming that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animal, Barra, Caledonian MacBrayne, Calmac, creature, CS Lewis, ferry, film, island, islands, lead, lion, movie, Outer Hebrides, passenger, role, star, Tiree, TPR, wardrobe, witch, wolf | Leave a comment

An untidy wife and a dirty neighbour (Rousse)

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I chased TPR into the spare bedroom to see what he was up to. Why was he wearing the pale grey suit that he bought back in 1983? Whatever was he doing trying to squeeze his big feet into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1983, annoying, bedroom, chase, childhood, clothes, contents, cousin, dainty, dirty, dustpan, extra, feet, fight, find, floor, found, fun, glimpse, grey, home, hunt, husband, lecture, lift, neighbour, outside, pile, play, red, roll, room, seat, silver, Squeeze, stool, suit, theatre, TPR, untidy, wardrobe, wedding, wife, window, woman | Leave a comment

A rummage through an atheist’s wardrobe (Rousse)

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I’d had enough of this religious twaddle. “Listen”, I said “You may be American, but someone has to tell you all that (a) there is no God, and (b) we don’t go to heaven when we die”. As soon as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American, atheist, Boden, chairs, clothes, collection, death, die, excuse, eyes, God, heaven, Hobbs, nightdress, nightie, Phase Eight, religion, religious, rummage, sad, sadness, silk, twaddle, Victorian, wardrobe, white | Leave a comment

New business model for raising charitable funds rakes in thousands (Rousse)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Dreamaticus

This woman was a genius! She’d developed a new business model for raising funds for charities and was raking in thousands. The way it worked was that she would set up shop in the house of the recently deceased, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bath, belongings, bubblebath, business, cash, charity, cupboard, cupboards, dead, donations, funds, genius, gift, model, money, nephew, Newington, pack, primary, school, shop, shoppers, soap, spinster, stockpile, teacher, towel, wardrobe | Leave a comment

Astragal window repair (Rousse)

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Dreamaticus

One stormy night night we settled down to sleep in our bedroom, with P and S there too, tucked in on the floor by the wardrobe. The next morning we discovered that the majority of the window’s astragal panes had … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged astragal, bar, barmaid, bed, chain-smoke, fix, floor, hall, hallway, house, night, repair, smoking, storm, stormy, wardrobe, wind, window | Leave a comment

Smuggling sisters in the ‘bag for life’ mystery (Belle)

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

As the lift door opened my father rushed out and shoved two plastic ‘bags for life’ towards us – one each for my sister and me. “You must smuggle these out of here” he said, before rushing off across the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag for life, bed, cash, father, hotel, lift, lobby, shower, sister, Switzerland, wardrobe | Leave a comment

A lost lunch date (Rousse)

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Dreamaticus

“See you tomorrow”, I called to JT as I climbed out of his car. He confirmed the lunch date and then drove off. Just after 1pm the next day, TPR and I realised that we had forgotten all about lunch … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged address, car, date, dress, drive, driving, forget, host, lunch, meal, message, messages, mobile, number, phone, social, telephone, text, texts, voicemail, wardrobe, work | Leave a comment

Time to diet (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Dreamaticus

While the others were at the morning marriage ceremony, TPR and I prepared for the afternoon celebrations. We scoured the woods for mushrooms, then brought our haul home to check against the text books. We didn’t want to risk poisoning … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anniversary, books, celebration, celebrations, charity, diet, dress, dresses, family, fat, fungi, knickers, marriage, morning, mushrooms, nylon, party, shop, shopping, shops, tights, TPR, truth, wardrobe, wedding | Leave a comment

Rousse reassesses her office accommodation and professional dress

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I found a solution to my office accommodation problem. If I “temporarily” moved downstairs to share with visiting Professor GW, when she returned to Finland I’d get the whole room all to myself, including the emerald green carpet and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged carpet, Holy Island, office, PhD, pyjamas, sister, students, wardrobe | Leave a comment

Rousse attacked by robot rag doll cleaner

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I pushed open the kitchen door and almost stepped directly onto two teenage girls. They were sitting on the floor next to the cooker, sorting through dusters and tea towels. “New cleaners” I surmised. My cheery “Hello!” met with no … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bread, cleaner, computer, cooker, curtains, dusters, foot, kitchen, rag doll, robot, shutters, sister, study, tea towels, teenagers, TPR, wardrobe | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: wardrobe

Movie star wolf travels the Outer Hebrides by CalMac ferry (Rousse)

An untidy wife and a dirty neighbour (Rousse)

A rummage through an atheist’s wardrobe (Rousse)

New business model for raising charitable funds rakes in thousands (Rousse)

Astragal window repair (Rousse)

Smuggling sisters in the ‘bag for life’ mystery (Belle)

Time to diet (Rousse)

Rousse reassesses her office accommodation and professional dress

Rousse attacked by robot rag doll cleaner

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