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So, how was your weekend? Wild

November 12, 2019 By Ellen

EDIT: When I sat down to write this, I planned to bring it round to some inspiring conclusion about doing what you fancy rather than what looks flash, but I forgot about that bit. Sorry.   There’s another tricky thing to negotiate in the office. Or at least it feels that way to me. It’s […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boring, children, family, humour, in my life, Something happened in my life, truth, weekend, work

How to Change Your Career as a New Mother

November 11, 2019 By Ellen

Becoming a mother for the first time is a transformative experience in many ways, and lots of women find themselves looking at all aspects of their life from a new perspective. This is particularly true when it comes to making career choices as maternity leave gives us plenty of time to step back and reevaluate […]

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Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

November 6, 2019 By Ellen

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. […]

Filed Under: elemental, Mary Oliver, poem

Best Christmas Decorations to Turn Your Home into a Festive Wonderland

November 6, 2019 By Ellen

With Christmas looming on the horizon, homeowners across the country will be pulling out every stop to get their houses ready for the season. After all, Christmas just doesn’t feel like Christmas unless everything is suitably decorated. Nowadays, we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to festive ornaments. In fact, sometimes the number of options […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: Christmas, Review

Behold! The Christmas jumper is back

October 29, 2019 By Ellen

They are back. As well as all the usual seasonal unnecessariness, shops are currently flogging festive jumpers. You know the ones, they were almost mythical at first. Not ever seen on real people… in public. Colin Firth wore one but only as a device to show that the wearer was prepared to sacrifice style for […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: Christmas, Colin Firth, family, Glasgow, in my life, in the world, rant

Shopping for Number One – Great Gifts to Buy Yourself

October 29, 2019 By Ellen

As annoying as it might be that Christmas starts earlier every year, once it has begun, there’s no stopping it. Suddenly, we’re all on a frighteningly fast train hurtling towards the big day. No sooner have we started to spot a few Christmas cards in stores than lights and decorations are lining the streets. Suddenly, […]

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Chest hair: to baldly go… or not

October 16, 2019 By Ellen

  Sean Connery defies description   Tom Jones is not unusual… or at least he wasn’t   Selleck looks splendid   Starsky’s chest great   The late George Michael’s hair raising days were yet to come Should men remove the hair from their chests? Arguably what happens inside a chap’s shirt is entirely his own […]

Filed Under: gender roles, hair, men

The real horrors of Halloween

October 16, 2019 By Ellen

It’s become traditional that I rant about Christmas starting too soon – which it does – but have you noticed how Hallowe’en is doing the same. There’s a house along the road with a pumpkin on the step already – almost a fortnight too early. How ripe is that going to be by the big […]

Filed Under: children, Halloween, horrors, Is it me?, Is it me? halloween, pumpkin

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