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Cake – 104 words

January 31, 2022 By Ellen

Cake. Why don’t men make a fuss about cake… or gin? We’re made to think it’s women who go ‘ooooh, red velvet, ooooh, martini’ like we were under some kind of spell and these – admittedly delicious and lovely – things knock out our ability for lucid, angry thoughts. It’s almost as if women can’t […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, cake, cocktails, creative writing, gin, patriarchy

Happy (ish) Mother’s Day

March 25, 2017 By Ellen

  Most of us love our mums and are reasonably confident that our children love us too – even when they’re being ungrateful little rats who don’t see why they should put their own soiled clothing in the laundry basket. After all we are mothers every day of the year, not the one where we […]

Filed Under: things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, family, gin, humour, in my life, in the world, Mother's Day, mums, parenting, rant

What’s on my mind this week…

December 2, 2016 By Ellen

It’s only just December and already I’m in the grip of the seasonal sweat. It’s what happens when your already busy life gets an addition clutch of festive events for every person you live with and, strangely, it’s down to you to make them all happen. Ho ho ho hum. Add to that that everyone […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned, Something happened in my life Tagged With: boys, children, Christmas, family, frustration, gin, in my life, in the world, My Life, on my mind, outdoor gear, punctuation, Something happened in my life, something happened in my world

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