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A festival of things to worry about…

July 27, 2016 By Ellen

It’s funny how sometimes there’s a blog-shaped gap and, try as I might, nothing to fill it at all. Or the only stuff going on in my life is too boring to even think about, let alone adorn the blog. However, at the moment, my head is as jammed as my calendar. Don’t get too […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: busy weekend, children, Cumbria, festival, in my life, in the world, Kendal Calling, My Life, Something happened in my life, weekend

Things we learned recently from politics

July 15, 2016 By Ellen

It’s been exhausting – just keeping up with the news over the past couple of weeks. This time of year we’re more used to pictures of monkeys eating ice lollies and festival-goers who are either sunburnt or caked in mud (or worse). Here’s what I’ve learned from recent events. A day is a long time […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: Brexit, Cameron, feminism, in the world, May, on my mind, politics, Referendum, Scotland, something happened in my world, women

Game of the gastropods and other matters

June 20, 2016 By Ellen

We have been beset by first world problem at the Palace of Bundance lately, most significantly the fact that a certain football match coincided with the Battle of the Bastards. For the uninitiated, that’s the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones for this series and is a Big Deal. So much so that Boy Three […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: children, crisps, football, Game of Thrones, humour, in my life, in the world, snails

Why the grass appears greener as you get older

June 18, 2016 By Ellen

  There was a time when I believed that older people drove more slowly because some essential fire had gone out and, defeated, they’d given up on the seek of thrill. Now I understand it’s just that their eyesight is such that at 70mph they have less time with the road signs in focus than […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: ageing, flowers, gardens, in my life, in the world, nature, on my mind, Something happened in my life, something happened in my world

On death, stupidity and what really counts

June 17, 2016 By Ellen

I hadn’t heard of Jo Cox until yesterday, but I’m still shocked and saddened by her death. I wish I’d known her and I wish she’d lived. I’m heartsick at the waste and for her family. It had been on my mind to write something about the referendum. About my incredulity at the fact that […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: in the world, Jo Cox, murder, on my mind, Something happened in my life, something happened in my world

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