Tag Archives: winter

Bare legs and no knickers in a spanking new library (Rousse)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The reason for baring my legs under a short winter dress, I explained, was that I had mislaid my tights. My companions were unaware, however, that I was also wandering around knickerless. I knew the location of my underwear – … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1980s, bare, bathroom, book, building, campus, clothes, companion, dress, Edgbaston, furniture, House of Fraser, issue, IVF, knickers, leg, legs, library, loan, lobby, mislaid, naked, nursery, pants, road, slip, spanking, student, suite, tights, treatment, undergraduate, underwear, wife, winter | Leave a comment

Wear fur and wool to beat the winter office blues (Rousse)

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Dreamaticus

LJ was so cold that she had turned invisible. The only reason we knew that she in the office and curled around the radiator was the direction from which we could hear her voice. Back in my own room I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged black, blues, cold, colleague, fur, invisible, office, raditaor, room, voice, wear, winter, wool | Leave a comment

A divorce and 15 year old drivers (Rousse)

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Although X and Y had been divorced for some time, Y was at X’s birthday celebrations. TPR and I were grateful for this. If Y hadn’t been there, we would not have known anyone. The only problem was that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 15, April Fool, birthday, bitter, career, celebration, divorce, driver, expense, February, helicopter, jamboree, kitchen, March, sacrifice, table, TPR, winter | Leave a comment

A tale of two journeys (Rousse)

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Dreamaticus

One minute I was wrapped in furs, slipping through a sparkling wintry landscape in an open sleigh discussing the merits (or not) of daughters with regional accents. Next I was on the East Coast train service, squashed up against French … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accent, Cardiff, Cardiff Wells, daughter, east coast, French, fur, furs, journey, passengers, regional, sledge, sleigh, sparkle, tale, train, unknown, Wells, winter | Leave a comment

A silly strop beneath the Smiths (Rousse)

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Dreamaticus

X sat at his desk beneath the Smiths poster. Every time that a gust of wind blew outdoors the poster billowed. I suggested that the windows be closed. It was winter after all. All this time I had thought that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged application, award, bid, billow, blow, close, complain, department, draft, earshot, entrer, form, gust, happy, head, opportunity, poster, silly, Smiths, strop, win, wind, window, winter, work, wrong | Leave a comment

Holy Island hideaway drifts out to sea (Rousse)

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The house floated across the flooded causeway, drifting from its usual base on Holy Island. I assured everyone that all would be fine. The tide would reach the doorway, but was certain to subside soon afterwards, and we were all … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged base, car, carnation, causeway, doorway, drift, driveway, family, float, flood, foil, friend, graveyard, Haddington, Holy Island, house, Lindisfarne, open, pals, party, pub, red, rescue, safe, school, sea, subside, tomb, top, wild, winter, woman | Leave a comment

Sating a stationery obsession (Rousse)

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Dreamaticus

In the summer we would walk over the hills to the beach on the other side. We could even take bikes, so long as we were prepared to carry them part of the way. For the time being while it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1984, alk, annual, beach, bike, bikes, carry, conference, cycle, drawer, drawers, factory, ground, harvest, hills, industrial, letters, machinery, metal, name, notebook, notebooks, obsession, Online, paper, post-its, relic, relics, sate, stationery, summer, technology, winter | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: winter

Bare legs and no knickers in a spanking new library (Rousse)

Wear fur and wool to beat the winter office blues (Rousse)

A divorce and 15 year old drivers (Rousse)

A tale of two journeys (Rousse)

A silly strop beneath the Smiths (Rousse)

Holy Island hideaway drifts out to sea (Rousse)

Sating a stationery obsession (Rousse)

Dreamaticus populae

Recent reveries

Top dream themes

Dreamaticus updates direct to your inbox

Archives