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Next stop… the classroom

August 11, 2016 By Ellen

Have you ever had a Wednesday that was doing its best to impersonate a Friday in all regards, except that there are still two full actual days to go until the weekend? That’s today, that is. Though while the weekend is a lovely place to be it does mean that the holidays are very nearly […]

Filed Under: boys, family Tagged With: boys, busy weekend, children, holiday, in my life, in the world, MLitt, My Life, on my mind, University

Looking in the mental handbag

August 3, 2016 By Ellen

Gah. Why is it that all those brilliant ideas you had for blog posts vanish as soon as you manage to get half an hour’s peace? It’s weird. I had so many things to say that would set the Internet on fire with their amazing insight. Now I don’t. In the absence of anything wiser, […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, children, family, in my life, Nathan, on my mind, ramblings, School, summer

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

When is a child not a child?

July 5, 2016 By Ellen

When he’s a teenager. We’re still here enjoying the Maltese sunshine for the last couple of days before that bitter-sweet return home. The comfort of familiarity tempered by the shadows of the boring old grown up stuff that starts looming again. We’ve visited several of the fabulous attractions here – no complaints at all. Not […]

Filed Under: family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, in my life, on my mind, parenting, Something happened in my life

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

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