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5 Birthday Party Ideas for Children

November 1, 2022 By Ellen

Birthdays are huge milestones for both parents and children. It’s right that there’s no need to put in a lot of effort as they’re young and will likely forget but it doesn’t stop you from getting excited and putting on a full spread. If your child’s birthday’s coming up and you’re short of ideas, don’t […]

Cake – 104 words

January 31, 2022 By Ellen

Cake. Why don’t men make a fuss about cake… or gin? We’re made to think it’s women who go ‘ooooh, red velvet, ooooh, martini’ like we were under some kind of spell and these – admittedly delicious and lovely – things knock out our ability for lucid, angry thoughts. It’s almost as if women can’t […]

On a journey south and a delightful deceit… things I’ve learned lately

February 17, 2019 By Ellen

Write a post every day, she said (to herself, cos no one else cares). Let’s see how that goes then! And here we are a week later, but it’s been a good – and educational week. Here are the things I learned. The long way round still gets you there… (Also known as, confusingly, only […]