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How To Transform A Dim Room Into A Bright Welcoming Space

December 3, 2025 By Ellen Leave a Comment

CC0 Licensed Image Courtesy of Freepik You can transform a dim room into something bright and airy with some simple changes that won’t break the bank. Just one will help a home feel brighter, but together you have something much more welcoming. From mirrors to open space, here are some handy suggestions. The Power of […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: home, ideas, interiors

Choosing Between Refurbishing or Buying New Dining Chairs

November 19, 2025 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Dining chairs are a huge component of your home interior design, serving both as practical needs and visual focal points. When you are upgrading or updating your dining area, the decision between refurbishing the old chairs or purchasing new ones often presents itself as a challenging one. Both options have unique benefits that depend on […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: dining chairs, home, interiors, refurbishment

The problem with mindful eating

September 23, 2025 By Ellen

Slow, deliberate mouthfuls, savouring every crumb, only giving your body exactly what it needs and not a dribble more. Great. A wonderful theory – in fact more than a theory. Mindful eating really works, when done, erm, mindfully. If you pay attention to what your body is telling you, you eat better food and fewer […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: children, food, Glasgow, health, humour, hunger, mindful eating, mindfulness, Something happened in my life

It started as an ordinary afternoon

September 4, 2025 By Ellen

It was the middle of a very slow afternoon when she lined up the pens with the top of her keyboard and pushed back from the desk. Traffic flowed by the eight-storey glass and chrome office building. Lorries, bike couriers and pedestrians moving on, not stopping. Inside colleagues murmured, typed and sneaked glances at the […]

Filed Under: Creative Writing, other things I have learned Tagged With: falling, fiction, in the world, My Life, on my mind

Snowflakes of fear

August 16, 2025 By Ellen

It starts with a chill, prickling shift. Loitering behind, just out of sight. A malevolent whiff, fast and sneaky. The fear. I’m not talking about what you get from the roller coaster, the latest Stephen King or sitting alone with Blair Witch again. Neither is it the heebie jeebies brought on by arachnids, heights, clowns […]

Filed Under: fear, free-floating anxiety, other things I have learned, Post40bloggers, prompt, prose. Tagged With: prose poetry

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