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Menopause: it is hot in here, but only because we’re blushing.

August 8, 2015 By Ellen

menopause joke

Come in, make yourself at home. I’ve been putting this one off. It’s on menopause – the last taboo. What was that? Oh, you’re off. Shut the door on the way out then. Is there anyone left? A few souls fanning yourselves with a copy of SAGA magazine who want to hear about this, I […]

Filed Under: menopause, other things I have learned Tagged With: feminism, health, in the world, perimenopause, PMT, Something happened in my life, women

Is hot yoga something to sweat about?

August 7, 2015 By Ellen

Try anything except incest and morris dancing. Isn’t that how it goes? It was in this spirit that I was to be found on a Thursday evening dripping in sweat in a room overcrowded by underdressed and bendy people. Yes. Trying hard to avoid looking up the leg of the shorts of the chap in […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bikram, Fionaoutdoors, Something happened in my life, yoga

My family and how wonderful that they’ve gone…

August 2, 2015 By Ellen

boy and pants

Shhh. Can you hear that? There’s a washing machine grumbling and the rain onthe roof. Maybe a car on the lane. And? And nothing else at all. That’s the point. I’m on my own. A whole week of being alone – apart from work (and that doesn’t count as I’m no one’s mother or wife […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: alone, empty, solitude, Something happened in my life

Inside Out: The voice in my head said ‘How much longer?’

July 28, 2015 By Ellen

Inside Out characters

Maybe, it’s because my hopes were high. 98 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. “Dazzling wit and tender wisdom,” they said. So Boy Three, Boy One and I settled down with our snacks ready to be thrilled/charmed/moved/etc. Before we’d even polished off the popcorn, my heart was sinking and Boy Three was asking if it was […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: cinema, film, in the world, Inside Out, movie, Numskulls, Review, Something happened in my life

In a mooching mood

July 24, 2015 By Ellen

A hamster

Restless. Pacing. Rest less. Rest more. Sigh. What’s on telly? Nothing. Everything. What do you want? A solution. The answer. The question. Who knows? Hungry. Empty. I can’t get no… what? Check the Internet. Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. Rawhide. And seek. But where? I don’t know what to do. Right now. With myself. Specifically. Much. A […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, Something happened in my life Tagged With: bored, restless, writing

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