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Tea time and the vortex of doom

October 16, 2014 By Ellen

Scoffing another fishfinger even though I’m stuffed. Seven and a half minutes and it’ll be The Archers and, before long it’s bed time. Yawn. Evening after evening. Nothing gets accomplished except bickering, cajoling and over eating. It’s not as if I don’t have high hopes. I dash home – usually extracting Boy Three from whichever […]

Filed Under: blog, blogging, family, vortex of doom, work

Five ways blogging is better than sex…

September 11, 2014 By Ellen

What has the solitary and sanitary act of blogging got to do with the intimate, messy business of sex?  One you do by yourself in front of a computer and the other is an online diary. *Groan* Heavy-handed metaphor by banoootah_qtr via Flickr But actually the similarity exists and it’s to do with the affect […]

Filed Under: blogger, blogging, funny, humour, list, sex

Blog Tour – Travelling Without Leaving Your Desk.

April 20, 2014 By Ellen

I thought I was done with relays for a while, but when Audrey Birt asked if I’d like to pick up the baton from her I said yes without hesitation.  I was delighted and flattered to follow Audrey whose blog is thoughtful and full of quiet passion. Knowing Audrey – and meeting her for the […]

Filed Under: Ali Campbell, Audrey Birt, blog, blog relay, blog tour, blogging, NLP, relay, writing

Has anybody seen my monkey?

March 7, 2014 By Ellen

You know. The one that always shoves ideas for things that must be blogged about into my head. The monkey with pretentious to be a muse. Or at least that’s what it claims as it rams another pointless, but hysterically funny, observation into my mind. Actually muse is quite a grand word for it. Imagine a […]

Filed Under: blogging, inspiration, Is it me?, monkey, muse

312/365 Day 9 and we need a collective noun for bloggers

November 9, 2013 By Ellen

  It’s Blogfest day and I’m in London after a cosy night on the sleeper. I’m excited about the day ahead – hearing inspiring speakers, meeting old chums and refueling my passion for blogging. Not, of course, that my blogging fire is dwindling in any way. But I’ve learned that the energy generated by a […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, blog, blogfest, blogging, collective nouns, NaBloPoMo, sleeper, train

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