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Poem: I come from …

August 2, 2021 By Ellen

I come from the north, From grey harling, drizzled crags and scree. Dandelion and burdock. Engage low gear now.   Bacon for breakfast. Breaking in your boots. Passing places and bloody tourists. The library’s parquet gleam. Peewits and feral cats.   Toasted arse against the Aga. Wellies and broken veins. Creosote on the fence. Shirt […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: creative writing, Cumbria, MLitt, poem, writing

Dreaming of blue mud

January 12, 2021 By Ellen

  When I think about mud, I know that it is the inevitable consequence of the nourishing rain meeting hospitable soil. I think about mud quite a lot… being here. I don’t blame the rain. Not at all. Its occasional parade pandemonium comes with a silver lining: snazzy raincoats, lush landscapes and that smell. But the […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: country, Cumbria, Garden, mud

This time last year…

December 3, 2020 By Ellen

  This time last year my house looked like this. Today I find myself doing yoga on my warm concrete floor and, from a downward dog, considering the fluff under the new sofa. Did I marvel at the progress and ponder the nature of patience? Nope, I wondered whether or not a robot vacuum cleaner […]

Filed Under: boys, other things I have learned Tagged With: Cumbria, decorating, home, house, in my life, move, on my mind

Home fires

November 26, 2020 By Ellen

Well, we’re in. And I love it. The way the fire reflects in the floor… The view over the field… (ignoring the builders’ portaloo) The warmth… The feeling of landing…. Of course, there are boxes everywhere. And stuff inexplicable things that I can’t get rid of. But it’s home.  

Filed Under: family Tagged With: Cumbria, fire, home, move

Distractions on the way to the end of the tunnel

November 14, 2020 By Ellen

It’s weird. The past 12 months have seen so many frightening and monumental things – firsts, lasts, and who’d have thoughts – yet, now, less than a week from what I hope to be a finishing line and I’m scared. Our new house is nearly finished and (everything crossed) there are no more obstacles, delays […]

Filed Under: boys Tagged With: changes, coronavirus, Cumbria, fear, Great Escape, in my life, My Life, Penrith, Something happened in my life

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