Tag Archives: water

The right way to hang wallpaper (Rousse)

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Dreamaticus

TPR was setting up a new home office. At the same time – and in the same room – I was preparing a nursery for a visiting toddler. These two activities were clearly incompatible. Everything came to a head when … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged green, hang, office, paste, room nursery, toddler, TPR, visit, wallpaper, water | Leave a comment

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

Flooded New York with Gödel, Escher, and Bach (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I managed to find an exit from the massive library by taking a route through the richly furnished rare books section and executive suite of the Chief Librarian. Outside the streets of New York were flooded. I had no choice … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bach, drown, Escher, flood, Gödel, help, librarian, library, New York, paddle, swim, water | Leave a comment

Super speedy 125 leaves passengers in canal (Rousse)

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I had never travelled on so fast a train before. Its speed was nearer 150mph than 125. It didn’t even slow for the stations, but instead whipped past the platforms in a terrifying haste. The train only slowed when it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 125, 150, basin, boat, canal, dinghy, haste, London, Midlands, passenger, platform, speed, strand, train, travel, water | Leave a comment

A dip in the cold (Rousse)

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was telling my sister an elaborate tale of undergraduate risk (how could I ever have been so stupid?) as we approached the beautiful Italian swimming pool. I was not tempted to take a dip – it was far too … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cold, dip, Italian, Italy, pool, sister, swimming, water | Leave a comment

A clown, killer whales, and curvy bronzed buttocks (Rousse)

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Thirty years on I rediscovered the dark-haired Italian man with whom I had been friendly in France in the 1980s. Now working as a professional clown, he lived on the French riviera in a small apartment that offered wonderful views of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1980s, apartment, attire, black, bronzed, buttock, clown, denim, dress, fashion, France, French, g-string, Italian, killer, lecture, man, mediterranean, nylon, playful, riviera, Royal Society of Edinburgh, shorts, splash, theatre, view, water, whale | Leave a comment

The drunkard and the dead dog of the depths (Rousse)

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Dreamaticus

GG was so surprised to find me outside her house that she collapsed on the pavement in a heap before I even had a chance to greet her. When eventually she came to, she was delighted to meet me for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cafe, carry, centre, corpse, dead, dog, drunkard, garden, golden retriever, heap, hunt, menu, Online, pavement, profile, schedule, table, tipsy, TPR, water, waterside, white, whiteboard, wine | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: water

The right way to hang wallpaper (Rousse)

Shopping disturbances (Rousse)

Flooded New York with Gödel, Escher, and Bach (Rousse)

Super speedy 125 leaves passengers in canal (Rousse)

A dip in the cold (Rousse)

A clown, killer whales, and curvy bronzed buttocks (Rousse)

The drunkard and the dead dog of the depths (Rousse)

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