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Things I’ve learned but wish I hadn’t

November 13, 2012 By Ellen

Boys about to discover that it’s really cold in there This week I made the rather surprising discovery that poo doesn’t melt or dissolve when washed at 90 degrees on a cotton wash. No. It tucks itself into the rubber seal and waits to pounce.  This moment of domestic education led me to consider the […]

Filed Under: funny, holiday, other things I have learned, parenting, poo, Things I've learned from my children., vomit

Pedal for Scotland: things I learned

September 10, 2012 By Ellen

Last minute adjustments to the banner Made it!  Wheely busy at the People’s Palace Waiting for the off Finally we can see the start Today I know how Mr Tumnus feels. The bottom half of my body feels rather like it belongs to another creature. I haven’t found a magic portal to another world – our […]

Filed Under: bike, cycling, Edinburgh, Freshnlo Pedal for Scotland, glasgow, other things I have learned

Blogging for happiness: there’s more to writing a book than writing a book

November 17, 2011 By Ellen

So that’s it. My book Blogging for Happiness is at the printers, nine months our so after the idea was conceived. It would be really easy to draw parallels to gestation – mood swings, good cravings, late nights, early mornings, inconvenience, intense emotions and a much anticipated baby.But that’s not it. Apart from the baby […]

Filed Under: blogging for happiness, book, other things I have learned

Stratford-upon-Avon: a few blissful days off the treadmill

July 8, 2011 By Ellen

Shakespeare’s bedroom windae Juliet yelling out of the window Watching life flow by Swan lock My bucket list got a little shorter this week. Mum decided to help me achieve one ambition by organising a trip to see the RSC at Stratford-upon-Avon, and inviting Supersister along too. It was a splendid couple of days of […]

Filed Under: Bucket list, family, other things I have learned, Shakespeare, Stratford, Super Sister, theatre

Tunisia: things I learned there

May 26, 2011 By Ellen

A life of interesting times is, apparently, a curse. Chinese probably. I suppose if things are interesting all the time, they might become a little wearing. However, I just spent an interesting couple of days in Tunisia and it was fascinating. Anymore, though might have become somewhat trying. I met some marvellous people and I […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, politics, travel, Tunisia

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