• My Book
  • Hire Me
  • Shoe Thing
  • Blog
  • Contact

In a bun dance

If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

  • Home
  • Family
  • My Life
  • The World
  • Feminism
  • Blogging
  • Creative Writing
  • Reviews
  • Blog
You are here: Home / Blog

Not so secret strategies for good blogging

March 9, 2017 By Ellen

More and more of us are taking up blogging. It’s so easy to buy a domain and set up a new blog that you can get up and running in minutes! Do a cursory search online, and you’ll discover blogs that cover a range of topics. Whatever floats your boat, there’ll be a blog for […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: Review

Celebrate spring with a trip to Edinburgh’s new BoConcept

March 9, 2017 By Ellen

Finally, it is starting to look like winter’s gloomy old rags are being folded up and put away for another year. Spring is here: the snowdrops have been joined by crocuses and daffs. There’s an urge that comes at this time of year. If it didn’t involve so much housework, I might embrace spring cleaning. […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: Review

Snapping at the signs of spring

March 5, 2017 By Ellen

  Boy Two is doing some photography as part of his Duke of Edinburgh’s, so Boy Three and I thought we’d join him in taking some photos in Bellahouston Park today. Other posts you might like: Too beautiful for photos What do the photos on your phone mean?  

Filed Under: 365 photos, boys, family Tagged With: boys, children, Glasgow, My Life, photos

What’s been going on this week

March 3, 2017 By Ellen

March already and I’m still picking pine needles from between the floorboards. Best thing to do for World Book Day? … buy a book and read it It’s World Book Day today and all over the country parents are tearing their hair out at the unreasonable costume demands this causes. Mercifully, the head teacher at […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, creative writing, feminism, Glasgow, humour, in my life, MLitt, on my mind, writing

World Book Day: Favourite Fictional Bears

March 1, 2017 By Ellen

UPDATE: I wrote this a couple of years ago but it contains one of my favourite photos of Boys Two and Three. Please don’t tell Boy Two I’ve brought this out of the archive as, funnily enough, he doesn’t rate the picture these days. It’s nearly World Book Day again which is the ideal excuse […]

Filed Under: Baloo, bears, boys, family, Golden Compass, Matalan, Pooh, Pullman, Something happened in my life, things I learned from my children today, Winnie the Pooh, World Book Day Tagged With: bears, children, family, Paddington, world book day

Fabulous Feng Shui: Creating A Bathroom That’s The Epitome Of Tranquility & Calm

March 1, 2017 By Ellen

Whenever you head to the spa for a day out with the girls do you love the feeling of tranquillity and calm it creates? Spas are designed to be wonderfully calm and tranquil places, with one of the key principles used in their design being feng shui. The ancient Chinese practice of feng shui is […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: Review

Heat your home for less

March 1, 2017 By Ellen

How often do you stop and think to yourself that you wish the heating bill was a little cheaper? Most people know what this feels like, so you are not alone. Fortunately, there are actually plenty of alternative options available which you can consider using instead of the electricity or gas you probably currently use. […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: Review

Change, Change, Change… Change of Life

February 24, 2017 By Ellen

What happens when you trap almost 500 middle-aged women into a confined space for a couple of hours? Wherever you are on the oestrogen spectrum, you’d be inclined to think that the outcome would be, to say the least, tetchy. Especially if some of the women had had their gin confiscated. But you’d be wrong. […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: Beacon, feminism, Greenock, heat, hormones, humour, in my life, menopause, My Life, Review, something happened in my world, song, Theatre, women

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Connect

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Categories

Archives

hotter blogger badge

Copyright © 2026 · Lifestyle Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in