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A year without signposts

November 15, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

In this year of strange, one of the most strange things has been the lack of ceremony. Normally we’re cartwheeled from New Year to Christmas via back to schools, end of terms, birthdays, annual thises and celebratory thats plus a host of other unavoidable calendar signposts. Without proper Halloween or the planning, packing, sunburn peeling […]

Filed Under: boys, family Tagged With: 2020, Bonfire Night, celebration, children, Christmas, covid, fireworks, Something happened in my life, things I've learned

Diving into the past…

November 12, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Oddly, when I don’t blog about things, it’s as if they didn’t really happen. It’s the old tree falling in the forest thing. If there’s no one to listen, what’s the point? Boy Three and I are stuck at home. He’s isolating because a classroom assistant has tested positive. (Won’t it be marvelous one day […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: covid, Frenchfield, My Life, Penrith, photo

Things I learned today – Birthdays, basics and bosoms

September 30, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Covid, house moves, sons hitting landmark birthdays, the loss of my Booths card… times that are unforgettable to the point of interesting. 2020. There have been surprises at every level, not least my own capacity to be jolted off the tedious tramlines of middle age. And with change, as someone wise may have commented, there […]

Filed Under: boys, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: basics, birthday, boys, covid, in my life, My Life, things I've learned, writing

Coronavirus: Questions arising…

May 8, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

I’ve lost count of the weeks of this weird stuck time. Outside it’s lush and the air is full of birdsong, which is nice. But ‘nice outside’ is the only thing happening at all – anywhere. If it had rained all week, then ‘nice outside’ would be a celebration. Or if the week was a […]

Filed Under: boys, family Tagged With: bored, boys, coronavirus, covid, Covid 19, family, humour, in my life, questions, Something happened in my life

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