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Flying the nest – and some things don’t change

September 3, 2017 By Ellen

A week ago, I took Boy One to his place of education – car laden with lots of things I was quite happy to see the back of and lots of other stuff that it had somehow come essential for me to buy.  A big step for us both. Not least because his Asperger’s has, […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, children, flying the nest, in my life, My Life, on my mind, parenting, School, Something happened in my life, things I've learned, University, wisdom, writing

Right ho, it’s the slackers’ guide again.

August 25, 2017 By Ellen

In the continued interests of avoiding actually writing anything of my own, I thought it was high time I bothered the internet with some of my thoughts on what other people wrote. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Lovely language and fantastical ideas. The mythical town of Macondo is a means of telling […]

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Summer’s soggy tail end and other things – this week’s report

August 25, 2017 By Ellen

A bit transitional here. Two back at school, one packing for his next chapter and I’m hanging on to the sockless freedom of the season’s relative warmth with determination. I’m sure there’s a metaphor in here somewhere on reaping and sewing. I was given a plum tree for my 50 this year. And here it […]

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New term, new things to think about

August 18, 2017 By Ellen

One of the chicks is getting ready to fly. You could say he’s taxiing to the runway, all cleared for take-off. In fact, if you’re quiet you can probably hear that the nearest emergency exit is behind you. Boy One is off soon and there’s much flurrying. Since last century (or some other time, ages […]

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Life is too short for making excuses

July 16, 2017 By Ellen

Today began with the shocking news that a very lovely woman had died. I met her on my writing course and hoped that we could become friends. My heart aches and I struggle to understand how so much life could simply be gone – it must be unbearable for her family. However, I’m not going […]

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