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Reframing specs appeal

October 28, 2020 By Ellen

New glasses yesterday. They’re purple and I can see clearly* through them. (*insert music) It would be easy to write a(nother) post about how things change as time passes. You know? Night life is all about the right moment for giving in to the call of the PJs rather than the hall with the DJs. […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: advice, aging, creative writing, glasses, health, in my life, in the world, My Life, on my mind, Something happened in my life, specs

Making a spectacle (or pair of spectacles) – things I’ve learned lately

May 4, 2019 By Ellen

It’s May the Fourth today. This, apparently, means something to those members of the population who have seen any of the Star Wars films. I haven’t but that doesn’t mean I’m not aware of the general idea – glow-in-the-dark swords and creatures too clever to bother with syntax. What it means to me, is an […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: a good cry, A Monster Calls, glasses, Iolla, May the fourth, Patrick Ness, Star Wars, varifocals

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