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A late summer walk too beautiful for photos

September 15, 2014 By Ellen

Sun was sinking slowly and lighting the fluffy floating seeds as it went. Boy Three and I were walking home through the still, mild evening.  This’ll make a lovely photo.  But then, Boy Three’s hot sticky fingers squeezed mine. “Mum do you promise to hold my hand all the way home?” “Of course I do. […]

Filed Under: Autumn, boy, boys, family, Mindfulness, summer, Walk Tagged With: autumn, children, in the world, summer, writing

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

Things we learned in Chester

April 13, 2014 By Ellen

Serendipity was on our side this week. First, that we were in Chester at all and secondly that, more or less, everything we attempted worked out well.  In our case it began with a rota fail (not, mercifully an aeronautical term). The Panther of News didn’t manage to get the bit of the Easter holidays […]

Filed Under: Chester, Chester Zoo, easter, family

Oi Family, I’m On To You…

March 14, 2014 By Ellen

A day out at the wind farm in the rain, that’ll teach them Sometimes I think the people with whom I live must believe me to be a bit stupid. They repeatedly do things that they tell me are one thing, but that I know to be something entirely different. Here are some of their ruses:Unnecessarily […]

Filed Under: children, family, humour, things I've learned

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