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Jurassic Kingdom Glasgow – things we learned from a visit

August 28, 2017 By Ellen

There’s no limit to dinosaur-related humour A roar-some day out. What do you call a blind stegosaurus? Do-you-think-he-saw-us. Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl in the bathroom? Because the p is silent. And so on… Skye is the best place to find Scottish dinosaurs Or maybe even the only place. Apparently, the hills are hoaching […]

Filed Under: family, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: Botanics, boys, children, dinosaurs, family, Glasgow, in my life, Jurassic kingdom, My Life, Review, summer

A happy Bert day and other matters

July 22, 2017 By Ellen

What’s been going on? Let me tell you… Practically perfect in every way Boy Three has been treading the boards this week with Pace  and came home one afternoon to announce that he’d been cast as Bert. His accent was every bit as good as DVD’s. I know they’ve had a bit of practice, but […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, children, family, feminism, Glasgow, humour, in my life, lemonade, Mary Poppins, mental load, PACE, Paisley, trello, women

Snapping at the signs of spring

March 5, 2017 By Ellen

  Boy Two is doing some photography as part of his Duke of Edinburgh’s, so Boy Three and I thought we’d join him in taking some photos in Bellahouston Park today. Other posts you might like: Too beautiful for photos What do the photos on your phone mean?  

Filed Under: 365 photos, boys, family Tagged With: boys, children, Glasgow, My Life, photos

What’s been going on this week

March 3, 2017 By Ellen

March already and I’m still picking pine needles from between the floorboards. Best thing to do for World Book Day? … buy a book and read it It’s World Book Day today and all over the country parents are tearing their hair out at the unreasonable costume demands this causes. Mercifully, the head teacher at […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, creative writing, feminism, Glasgow, humour, in my life, MLitt, on my mind, writing

Things I try to care about, but don’t

October 13, 2016 By Ellen

Distress and outrage I can do. The plight of people in Aleppo, exactly how awful TalkTalk’s broadband service has been and the fact we don’t have equal pay for women. These things I care about. However, I’m feeling somewhat out of step with my fellow man this week as there are one or two issues […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: Glasgow, in my life, in the world, Journalism, My Life, on my mind, Press Barr, Scotland

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