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Coronavirus: the education continues

April 21, 2020 By Ellen

Can you believe that it’s more than a month since we started this particular adventure? Back in early March we didn’t know what furlough, self-isolation, social distancing and PPE were. Remember? A different country. Well, we’re lucky to be healthy and adjusting to this life. And the education continues. Here’s what I’ve learned. Do not […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, coronavirus, Covid 19, family, food, golf courses, pizza, Something happened in my life, things I've learned, work

Happy Birthday Boy Two

April 15, 2020 By Ellen

Hurrah for me – today I got my second child to technical adulthood. Boy Two turned 18. I’m a tremendous mother, only one more to go. This will undoubtedly be a memorable birthday because instead of the usual, ahem, first drink in a pub, he’s having a zoom party in his room. He did, however, […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: 18, birthday, Boy Two

Postcards from Coronavirus

April 10, 2020 By Ellen

Dear all, It’s very strange here – not like anywhere I’ve been before. I’m not sure I’ll be giving it a very high rating on TripAdvisor, but I’m finding my way round. When I finally get my hands on a return ticket, I’m certain that my view of the world will have changed forever. If […]

Filed Under: boys, other things I have learned Tagged With: coronavirus, Covid 19, in my life, in the world, observation, postcard, social distancing, Something happened in my life, things I've learned, Zoom

Coronavirus: What are we going to talk about today?

April 2, 2020 By Ellen

“Mum, you’ve said that four times already today.” “I have?” “Yes. You telling people that the quality of the chat is going to get pretty skinny pretty quickly.” That was back at the start of the Time We Couldn’t Believe Was Happening when even our astonishment was worth commenting on. How quickly we’ve got used […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: advice, bored, boys, conversation, coronavirus, Covid 19, in my life, in the world, My Life, something happened in my world, talking points, virus

Coronavirus: Beware the free-time fallacy

March 31, 2020 By Ellen

Stay at home, they said. Save lives, they said. It’ll only be for a while, they said. Look on the bright side, they said. Think of all that time to do the things you’ve been putting off for years. Shakespeare, they said, wrote some good material while social distancing from bubonic plague, and as for […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: children, coronavirus, Covid 19, feminism, parenting, School, Sexism, time

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