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Are your pigtails crispy?

November 17, 2020 By Ellen

Lacking inspiration, I turn to What3Words. It’s an app that has chopped the world into three-metre squares and given each square a randomly generated three-word label. It’s knowing where you are without squinting at OS maps and trying to decide how many tenths along the tiny box your pencil mark is. Knowing where you are […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: in my life, inspiration, stairs, What3Words

The Great City Swap – monkeying around in Edinburgh

April 25, 2018 By Ellen

We did this in 2016, it’s time for a return visit to the zoo. It’s a refrain nearly as common as “muuuum, where is my….?” and it’s one that’s often harder to find an answer to. It’s this old chestnut: What are we going to do today? It’s particularly challenging in the Palace of Bundance because […]

Filed Under: boys, family, review Tagged With: boys, children, City Swap, Edinburgh, family, Glasgow, inspiration, Reviews, travel, zoo

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 […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: cancer, creative writing, in my life, inspiration, loss, Something happened in my life, women, writing

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