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What’s been going on since the snow?

April 5, 2018 By Ellen Leave a Comment

What’s been going on since the snow?

It’s such a cliche, isn’t it? Starting a blog post with some sort of self-flagellation about being a second-rate blogger. Ho hum. So I won’t bother with that. Thing is though, I had no idea so much time had slithered away. Sure, I knew it had been a week or so, but not a month. […]

Filed Under: 365 photos, boys, family, other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: busy, busy weekend, cancer, children, Easter, family, fire, Glasgow, in my life, in the world, lake district, My Life, nightclub, Scotland, yoga

Death to supermummy, her time is up

February 23, 2018 By Ellen 8 Comments

Death to supermummy, her time is up

There’s a mythological creature out there. At first glance, it seems like a perfectly ordinary woman trying to earn a few quid, do the best for her family and scratch out a few measly moments at the end of a busy week for herself. Yet, she has magical powers. She can run the house, look […]

Filed Under: feminism, other things I have learned Tagged With: busy weekend, in my life, My Life, rant, Sexism, supermum, women, working parent

Middle age in evidence again this week

January 30, 2018 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Middle age in evidence again this week

There was a moment of anxiety last week when someone started talking about Wattpad – an online community for readers and writing. A hot new young adult writer was discovered there, there being somewhere I didn’t even know existed. A bit like finding out all the best holidays happened in Spanbados or Costaland or somewhere. […]

Filed Under: review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: age, Jackie Collins, john craven, middle age, My Life, newsround, real life, YA

How can you cure a rising inflection?

January 17, 2018 By Ellen Leave a Comment

And that is a question. It has a question mark at the end, giving it permission to rise when spoken. However, it’s getting confusing so many speakers seem unclear about whether they need an answer so let their voices pop upwards.  Now, apparently, our young are all in the grip of a serious affliction… the […]

Filed Under: Australians, high-rising terminal., rising inflection, upspeak, uptalk Tagged With: in the world, My Life, on my mind, Something happened in my life

New year new snooze: Is smart sleeping even a thing and is it worth thinking about?

January 9, 2018 By Ellen Leave a Comment

New year new snooze: Is smart sleeping even a thing and is it worth thinking about?

Remember when sleeping was just a matter of lying down and shutting your eyes? I was brilliant at it – talented. My only concern was that I wasn’t particularly good at doing it on public transport or for all that long after the sun came up. But I could do it pretty much anywhere else […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: advice, family, humour, in my life, menopause, My Life, nap, parenting, sleep, Something happened in my life

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