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Five problems we didn’t have 10 years ago

June 25, 2014 By Ellen

Progress is good, isn’t it? You know, clever people coming up with more ingenious things – like being able to print 3D sweeties or ways to send photos to people that they can only see for a few seconds. Before you know it, you’ll wonder how you lived without these magical innovations.  However, with every […]

Filed Under: Captcha, humour, modern life, phones, problems, screen, technology

On the beginnings and endings of school days…

June 12, 2014 By Ellen

Change is a-coming. I can hear it approaching, rumbling the ground beneath our feet and raising a cloud of dust you can see for miles. I’m holding on tight so I don’t get blown away. It’s a big year for some of us. Boy Three is moving up from nursery to start the first of seven years […]

Filed Under: education, graduation., leaving, nursery, primary, school, secondary, valedictory

Kids’ questions that don’t have an easy answer…

June 10, 2014 By Ellen

“But why?” It’s a question that draws a deep sigh from even the most patient parent. Not me though. I’m not even a slightly, vaguely patient parent so by the time I we get to “But why?” I’ve graduated from sighing, through eye-rolling and muttering to swearing under my breath. Perhaps that’s why my children have been […]

Filed Under: family, heels., Is it me?, politics, Queen's speech, questions

How do you define your family?

June 5, 2014 By Ellen

For a long time I was neglectful of family. They were just all there and always there. Siblings, parents, cousins and aunts. Sure a couple of grandparents shuffled off the heap – top or bottom depending on how you looked at it. But there was still at least a generation between me and the edge […]

Filed Under: aging, children, family, generations, reflections

Detective games: spotting the clues…

June 4, 2014 By Ellen

Usually the clues are easy to spot. It’s the moment when the camera holds a seemingly irrelevant shot for a beat longer than necessary, or there’s some chatter about a trivial side issue. That’s the point you know where the answer might lie.  If you meet a character who is smoking, admiring themselves in a […]

Filed Under: birthday, board game, detectives, Ravensburger, Scotland Yard, sleuthing

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