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Am I actually a little bit sexist?

June 28, 2017 By Ellen

Photo by Sofia Sforza on Unsplash   Last night, the only thing disturbing the peace at the Palace of Bundance was the sound of far-off gunfire and muttered commands. But fear not, we were not living some dystopian future that had me laundering red robes and changing my name to OfKev. (Guess what we watched […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, family, feminism, feminist, game, humour, in my life, Lara Croft, My Life, tomb raider, women

Things you can do now you’re 50

June 4, 2017 By Ellen

Not quite a week after the marvellous celebrations that marked my half century (yes, I know, I can’t believe it either) and the doormat is troubled by another envelope. This one cheerfully invites me to send in samples of my ‘bowel movement (poo)’ for testing. It even includes instructions and little cardboard sticks for smearing […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: 50, birthday, Dunoon, family, fifty, humour, NHS, Scotland

This magical May

May 7, 2017 By Ellen

What’s been going on?  I love May. Not just because it’s birthday month, but because of sunshine and sharp cool mornings. This May is shaping up to be a cracker with blue skies and freckles all over the place. Mayday, mayday, mayday. On May Day I was troubling the airwaves as the guest on a […]

Filed Under: blogging, boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: BBC, election, hospital, May, Personal Best, politics, Radio Scotland, RAH, selfies, spring

What do you do with your underwear?

April 17, 2017 By Ellen

No not mine, everyone else’s. The male people in this house each have a pair of buttocks. Aged variously seven, fifteen, seventeen and fifty, the bums also range in size. Therefore, each arse owns a selection of pants. At either end of the derrière spectrum it’s very easy to tell whose is whose, it’s the […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, boys, family, Laundry, pants, socks, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: laundry, pants, socks

Brougham Castle not on the hill but worth a visit nonetheless

April 3, 2017 By Ellen

  Have you noticed how Ed Sheeran is playing in every single public space across the land? I’ve no idea how he’s done it, but he turns up in more places than Lego bricks. He was even playing on the Bull in the Archers the other day. His Castle On The Hill is brilliant – […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, Brougham Castle, Castle on the hill, Cumbria, Ed Sheeran, family, holiday, parenting, Penrith, sister, Something happened in my life

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