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My 12 Questions of Christmas

December 19, 2018 By Ellen Leave a Comment

This year I’m actually fairly jolly. Ho ho ho and all that, but some things are baffling me: Who said we have to get all our shopping done by the first weekend in December?  Why is a dressing gown and a tea towel the accepted costume for nativity plays?  When are all these parties we […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Humbug, humour, questions, telly

Merlot – a fashionable choice or just one you can pronounce?

January 17, 2018 By Ellen Leave a Comment

It still stings, even after all this time.  The table cloths were crisp and white, the frock perfect, the back-ground tinkle and hum sophisticated and the waiter attentive. Or at least he was.  “I think we’ll have a bottle of the soave (pronounced to rhyme with Hove) thanks.” The sneer was fleeting, but it signalled […]

Filed Under: chablis, humour, merlot, taste, wine

Why middle-aged women make the best spies

March 24, 2017 By Ellen Leave a Comment

James Bond’s time is up, MI5 has come to its senses.    British spy bosses have announced that they’re keen to recruit more middle-aged women to the ranks of the intelligence agencies. More? It’s hard to see where they might fit among the well-cut suits, rippling biceps and broodingly mysterious strangers. Do you notice many […]

Filed Under: disguise, espionage, humour, James Bond, joke, MI5, mothers, news, other things I have learned, spies Tagged With: humour, middle age, spies, women

Middle-age: the nightmare no one warned me about

December 1, 2014 By Ellen Leave a Comment

My legs were tangled in the sheets – I couldn’t run. And a weight pressed my chest keeping me pinned down. I needed to get out away. But the scream choked off in my throat as slowly the dream cleared and I realised I was trapped by an affectionate nocturnal visit from Boy Three, who was snoring […]

Filed Under: fear, growing older, hair, humour, middle age, nightmare

10 inspiring quotes you don’t need

October 20, 2014 By Ellen Leave a Comment

“If you’ve got your feet in a uni-slipper, concentrate on being comfy instead of wearing yourself out jumping upstairs.”I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but the internet runs on quotes. Wise, appropriate, succinct and preferably on a soft-focus sunset background. And most of them are mush. Like Big Macs for the soul.“If you […]

Filed Under: humour, inspiration, lists, quotes

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