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Sperm whale kills tourist on Uig Sands (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dreamaticus

While I photographed the salmon under the bridge on Uig Sands, I believed that TPR was exploring the caves. I was interrupted by an almighty splash as a sperm whale fell from a great height into the river just behind … Continue reading →

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The Bonnie connection (Rousse)

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

A small black American stranger asked us if anyone could help her track down someone called Bonnie. ‘No problem’, I replied. ‘Please tell us a bit more about Bonnie. I’m pretty sure that I will know her’. Most of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American, black, Bonnie, connection, disbelief, know, network, record, small, stranger, track, woman | Leave a comment

A failed escape from a crime scene (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

We were staying in a beautiful tall detached house that was second from the end of a row of similar buildings squashed together in a densely populated part of the city. If you glanced up at the skylight over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alarm, bed, burglar, bus, crime, danger, deck, escape, face, fail, fingers, hand, house, ladder, Malaysian, man, mortal, noise, palm, rooftop, save, scene, silent, skylight, step, top, TPR, warning, window, woman, youth | Leave a comment

Smoke, sausages, and exclusion (Rousse)

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Dreamaticus

It was impossible to disguise that I was an middle class English woman, and did not belong in a Northern Irish Protestant working men’s club. However, my hosts were keen for me to witness the atmosphere in the smoke-filled bar, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged atmosphere, ceiling, cigarette, club, dinner, disgust, English, exclusion, guest, identity, Irish, male, mashed potato, meal, men, middle class, Northern Ireland, people-watching, potato, privilege, Protestant, punish, sausage, smoke, Ulster, unwelcome, woman, working | Leave a comment

The botox beauty of the Home Counties (Rousse)

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I’d been in my parents’ house some time before my sister J eventually came downstairs to greet me. When she made her grand entrance she was barely recognisable, dressed in a tiny pair of denim jeans and a pale blue … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, botox, counties, crash-diet, girl, greet, home, jeans, mid-fifties, parent, peer, pressure, satin, sister, teen, top, transformation, treatment, woman | Leave a comment

An encounter with a narcissist robot (Rousse)

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was an unexpected, and unwelcome, guest at the house of a woman who was in my year at school. We barely knew one another. I had simply spoken to EC, a retired accountant, at a couple of reunions in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accountant, baby, children, East Africa, empire, encounter, game, guest, husband, Indian, Jew, narcissist, Pakistani, pub, reunion, robot, school, shillings, stay, Tomorrow's world, university, woman, work | Leave a comment

How not to stalk stoat (Rousse)

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was stalking stoat in the long grass until an idiotic woman chased my prey away by opening a cupboard loudly.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cupboard, grass, idiot, load, prey, stalk, stoat, woman | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: woman

Sperm whale kills tourist on Uig Sands (Rousse)

The Bonnie connection (Rousse)

A failed escape from a crime scene (Rousse)

Smoke, sausages, and exclusion (Rousse)

The botox beauty of the Home Counties (Rousse)

An encounter with a narcissist robot (Rousse)

How not to stalk stoat (Rousse)

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