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Six things to do on a snow day

February 28, 2018 By Ellen

    Hurrah! The Beast From The East has finally arrived and all schools in the region have been shut. The view from the window is blizzardy. It’s probably a bit chilly, but I haven’t ventured out yet. I’m listening to a radio phone-in of people reporting the whiteness where they are (not that interesting […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: advice, children, Christmas, family, in my life, parenting, snow

Death to supermummy, her time is up

February 23, 2018 By Ellen

There’s a mythological creature out there. At first glance, it seems like a perfectly ordinary woman trying to earn a few quid, do the best for her family and scratch out a few measly moments at the end of a busy week for herself. Yet, she has magical powers. She can run the house, look […]

Filed Under: feminism, other things I have learned Tagged With: busy weekend, in my life, My Life, rant, Sexism, supermum, women, working parent

Don’t worry, write a poem…

February 13, 2018 By Ellen

Sometimes you’ve got things to worry about and other times you worry even when there’s nothing much to worry about. It doesn’t make much difference in the end. My advice: Stop worrying and write a poem.  Worry is a big black bird. It spends its hours on a wire. Waiting. And then at the slightest, […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: creative writing, poem, poetry, worry

Bonnie Scotland

February 6, 2018 By Ellen

There was a day a few weeks ago when Scotland looked like this. Tear-jerkingly lovely. It very nearly makes up for the months and months and months of damp and gloom. Almost makes endless no-point-in-putting-the-fence-back-up gales worthwhile. Almost.

Filed Under: 365 photos, other things I have learned, The good things... Tagged With: pretty, scenery, Scotland, travel

I’m not sexist, but…

February 6, 2018 By Ellen

You know that sexism everyone’s going on about. The one that everyone agrees is a Very Bad Thing but most certainly doesn’t happen anywhere round here. That one.  Well, the thing is, it does happen round here, round there and most other places.  It has occurred to me that many of the perpetrators of sexism […]

Filed Under: equality. 365, everyday sexism. femism, feminism, Feminist, feminist Friday, feminsim, feminsm, gender, men, other things I have learned, sexism Tagged With: equality, feminism, Sexism, sexist

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