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A slacker’s guide to classic novels

December 15, 2016 By Ellen

OK. You know those lists that have all the books you should have read? The ones, in my case, that I feel quite smug about To Kill A Mockingbird and Brave New World, but pretty inadequate about almost everything else. Those. My powers of bluster and google had in the most part got me through. […]

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This mother’s job

November 3, 2016 By Ellen

“Will we be on time?” Boy Two glances anxiously at the car click. It’s the weekend and we are driving to a snowboarding lesson. Instead of a calm reassurance, the poor boy gets a bit of a rant and then a lecture. The thing is – he knows when we’ve to be there and how […]

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Spookily in disguise as a proper parenting blogger

November 2, 2016 By Ellen

 Did you have a good Halloween? I spent mine in an MLitt class with a lot of poetry in it followed by some chasing around the county collecting and dropping off children.    The poetry has the potential to be very scary – or not. Just when I think I’ve got the measure of it and […]

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How do you help someone with Asperger’s choose a university course?

September 5, 2016 By Ellen

Boy One is now in sixth year and working very hard towards an impressive batch of exams. In fact, his results would probably be enough to get him into further education without too much effort. I’m very proud of him, he’s doing so much better than anyone could have predicted. He’s an Explorer Scout, he’s […]

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On busyness and the adventures of Spikey Mikey

August 25, 2016 By Ellen

And there we are, back to the hustle and bustle of term and it’s associated activity. Rushing about, trying to remember all the things and briefly tutting at the mess of matters requiring attention. That and looking for stuff and repeating myself. It is so familiar. I’ve spent decades like this – dashing and writing […]

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