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Things I’ve learned since spring sprung

April 25, 2018 By Ellen

Months and months of cold and damp (and snow too), then all of a sudden, there’s bird on the wing and grass riz. My favourite season because, just for a while, I can persuade myself that there’s going to be an endless period of wearing shorts and loafing about during long balmy evenings. Balmy, I said. […]

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The Great City Swap – monkeying around in Edinburgh

April 25, 2018 By Ellen

We did this in 2016, it’s time for a return visit to the zoo. It’s a refrain nearly as common as “muuuum, where is my….?” and it’s one that’s often harder to find an answer to. It’s this old chestnut: What are we going to do today? It’s particularly challenging in the Palace of Bundance because […]

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Snow, in January, who’d have thought?

January 17, 2018 By Ellen

I’m looking out on what has been called, of late and on social media, a winter wonderland, but what, in reality, is what you’d expect to see at this time of year, in this part of the country. If your community needs help clearing the roads and sidewalks that are burred in snow, call on […]

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The parenting milestones no one tells you about

December 18, 2017 By Ellen

It’s possible that before you conceive your first child, milestones are just those old things beside the road or on the set of a panto. Somewhere that Mr Whittington does his turning. You know? But that doesn’t last long. Soon everything is measured out and ticked off – compared to the average, or to her […]

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Fund-raising ideas for teenagers

December 8, 2017 By Ellen

Boy Two has earned himself a place on a trip to Malaysia in 2019 with the Scouts. It’s a great opportunity to have an adventure, meet new people and enjoy some memorable escapades. I’m delighted for him. The only thing is that he has to raise the cost of getting himself there – no mean […]

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