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Jurassic Kingdom Glasgow – things we learned from a visit

August 28, 2017 By Ellen

There’s no limit to dinosaur-related humour A roar-some day out. What do you call a blind stegosaurus? Do-you-think-he-saw-us. Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl in the bathroom? Because the p is silent. And so on… Skye is the best place to find Scottish dinosaurs Or maybe even the only place. Apparently, the hills are hoaching […]

Filed Under: family, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: Botanics, boys, children, dinosaurs, family, Glasgow, in my life, Jurassic kingdom, My Life, Review, summer

Right ho, it’s the slackers’ guide again.

August 25, 2017 By Ellen

In the continued interests of avoiding actually writing anything of my own, I thought it was high time I bothered the internet with some of my thoughts on what other people wrote. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Lovely language and fantastical ideas. The mythical town of Macondo is a means of telling […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: books, in my life, in the world, reading, slacker's guide, Something happened in my life

Summer’s soggy tail end and other things – this week’s report

August 25, 2017 By Ellen

A bit transitional here. Two back at school, one packing for his next chapter and I’m hanging on to the sockless freedom of the season’s relative warmth with determination. I’m sure there’s a metaphor in here somewhere on reaping and sewing. I was given a plum tree for my 50 this year. And here it […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, everyday, family, gut, in my life, My Life, parenting, rain, scouts, Something happened in my life, summer, the gut stuff

Unique Ways To Celebrate Your Man Making It Through Another Year On The Planet

August 24, 2017 By Ellen

It’s that time of year again when your significant other is dropping the odd hint or two as to what item or experience he might like to celebrate another year successfully navigated through life. The great thing is he is pretty easy going, laid back and relatively simple to please. But this year, you want […]

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What I know about the gender pay gap

August 20, 2017 By Ellen

Well. What do you know? Women who are mothers get paid even less than men. In yet another report from the Laboratories of the Blindingly Obvious, we do at least get a name for that thing that most of us knew what was happening – it’s a gender pay gap. It doesn’t mean that women […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: children, family, feminism, Gender Pay Gap, parenting, Sexism, The World, wages, working parent, working parents

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