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On a (nearly) 50-year-old mind…

April 28, 2017 By Ellen

How can I possibly be 50? 40 was old enough and that was only 10 minutes ago. They’re right, though. You don’t feel any different inside. Can I pick 28? That was a great age. Between puppy fat and baby fat! So, if nothing has changed in the last decade, how come the all the […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: 50, ageing, birthday, getting old, in my life, My Life, on my mind, women

National Museum of Scotland – brilliant but too big

September 28, 2015 By Ellen

Yet another phase of Boy One’s forthcoming 16th birthday took us to Edinburgh and the huge museum on Chambers Street. He’s into history – period irrelevant. Boy Three is doing the Celts at school and he was chuffed. Boy Two is largely interested in dramatic sighs, sneering and eye-rolling, venue irrelevant. And so we set […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: Beavers, birthday, boys, children, Darien, Edinburgh, education, My Life, National Museum of Scotland, Something happened in my life

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