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On getting dressed in the dark, sexual confusion and hair washing – things I’ve learned lately

February 5, 2019 By Ellen

It’s a huge relief, I must say, to have let myself off the hook and returned to little trivial blog posts like this – but with a structure. You should try it. I could include that as a learning, couldn’t I? Make some rules for yourself, then keep them. But, actually, that’s not really healthy, […]

Filed Under: blogging, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: adventure, age, busy weekend, Glasgow, health, holiday, in my life, Jenny Joseph, poem, purple, sampoo, sexual confusion, Spain, Torrevieja, travel

Review: Biosnacky Germinator Jar

June 17, 2018 By Ellen

Obviously, I want to eat healthily – who doesn’t? Especially as I’m on a mission to live to 100 and have all the energy I need on the way – chocolate (even posh stuff) and bacon (no matter how pampered the piggies) will not cut it. It’s particularly difficult to keep to the path of […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: BioSnacky Germinator Jar, health, healthy eating, in the world, My Life, Review, sprout

Menopause: A manifesto

May 15, 2018 By Ellen

It should’ve been funny, but it wasn’t. My mood and the success of my day hinged on the presence – or otherwise – of my battery-operated fan – in my bag at work. The other day it wasn’t there, it was sitting in my lovely cool kitchen at home. Damn. I could feel the sweat […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: advice, ageing, change, cool, feminism, health, hot flush, in the world, manifesto, menopause, My Life, on my mind, perimenopause, Sexism, symptom, taboo, women

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. […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, family, health, McDonalds, other things I've learned, Penrith, snoring, Something happened in my life, things I've learned

Facebook folly: I like them on my chest and lump-free

November 14, 2017 By Ellen

I wrote this 5 years ago, but as I’ve just had my first routine mammogram it seems like an appropriate day to resurface this.  It’s come round again. That time of year when women post silly suggestive things as their Facebook status apparently to bewilder poor men and raise awareness of breast cancer. I did […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: bra, breast cancer, Facebook, feminism, health, humour, in my life, in the world, mammogram, My Life, on my mind, Something happened in my life, The World, women

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