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A walk at the Whangie

March 18, 2011 By Ellen

Is it through the Whangie, to the Whangie, round the Whangie? If you don’t know what I’m on about, or you think that, perhaps, I’ve come over all post-watershed, I will explain. The Whangie is an odd rock formation in a corner of the Kilpatrick hills. We walked there this week and the sun shone. […]

Filed Under: brother, grief, mother, poem, Super Sister, walking, women, Wonderful women

Put the lid on the toothpaste tube… just once

January 14, 2011 By Ellen

One of the things from the – seemingly endless – list of things they don’t tell you when you become a parent, is there will be some things your children will not learn, no matter what. Instead, you will repeat requests for the apparently simple tasks to be done again and again. You will also […]

Filed Under: boys, housework, in my day, manners, mother, motherhood, mummy, toilet

How I’m Turning Into My Mother

February 7, 2010 By Ellen

Other things I’ve learned. I’m definitely Turning Into My Mother. Today I was pondering the items to add to my shopping list and considering that I probably should just by twice as much of the things that won’t go off – toothpaste, shampoo, maple syrup.“What’s wrong with that?” you may ask. On the face of […]

Filed Under: daughter, family, mother, other things I have learned, The good things..., today's thought, women

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