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304/365 Day 1 can there be anything left to reveal?

November 1, 2013 By Ellen

There are so many sweeties left in the kids’ Halloween haul, I’m taking pictures of them not eating them. November 2013 is NaBloPoMo which means National Blog Post Month – a post a day for a month. I’m inspired by Vonnie – a woman who wears many hats – who has also come up with […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, about me, blog, me, NaBloPoMo

This year I promise…

January 2, 2013 By Ellen

that I’ll make like the Love Cats. Eh? Bigger and sleeker, and wider and brighter… Well not exactly but certainly slimmer and tidier, richer and friendlier, faster and more creative, happier and busier. I’m going to be in the moment, yet planning for the future; cooking more and eating less; getting more done but still having time […]

Filed Under: Love Cats, me, New Year, New Year Resolutions, The Cure

Sticking point

November 2, 2011 By Ellen

At the moment everything in my house is sticky. Boy Three is exploring drinking vessels. He is combining this with experiments about the properties of various liquids and courageous charting of all quarters of his home. Consequently, many of the most unexpected places are horribly adhesive. My steering wheel, the keyboard, my hair, my shoes, […]

Filed Under: in the world, me, toddler, toilet

What’s your favourite waste of time?

June 20, 2011 By Ellen

Time is hurling me towards my book deadline at the moment. And you’d have thought the pressure and importance of the whole thing would focus my mind, wouldn’t you? However, instead of writing, one rainy Saturday afternoon I find myself googling that song from the eighties by Owen Paul. Like you do. And on the […]

Filed Under: blogging for happiness, housework, me, Reasons to be cheerful, The good things..., the internet, trivia, Write

When I grow up I…

July 23, 2010 By Ellen

Pictures: some of the forces at work in my house and some of the forces at rest There are some parts of the grown-up world that I’ve always struggled with, some sense that the ‘big people’ are doing stuff that I’m too young for, but that one day will be mine. At 43, I now […]

Filed Under: clutter, confession time, me

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