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August 3, 2021 By Ellen Leave a Comment

You are an angry woman   Of course, I am. I’m bloody furious. Because my babies ate my time my choices were ridiculous and then I couldn’t go back. Because equality is a big fat sneaky lie and opportunity doesn’t knock it shows its hairy arse through the window then flees. Because while I was […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: angry, creative writing, feminist, holiday poems, poem, women

Cloak of invisibility and other people problems

March 21, 2021 By Ellen Leave a Comment

A woman, on her own, is walking home. A perfectly reasonable thing to do, necessary even. How else is she going to get there? She’s wearing flat shoes, a coat. Sensible and brisk. She’s looking eyes front, all purpose, yet her ears are tingling with the effort of straining for the rustling in the undergrowth and […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: feminism, freethestreets, in my life, in the world, women

Understanding Your Fertility

February 3, 2021 By Ellen Leave a Comment

They say that knowledge is power and when it comes to your fertility, understanding it is definitely the key to having some control over it. And let’s be honest – we all want control of our fertility, don’t we? Deciding when and if to have a child is a basic human right but if you […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: fertility, women

Things that make me smile right now

July 25, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Back to Penrith recently and much delight to discover that our favourite fried food purveyor has gone mobile. Thank you, Shap Chippy. And – at long last – family gathered a bit. Simply wonderful to see everyone and, for a bit, forget about some of the more interesting bits of the past few months. Boy […]

Filed Under: boys, family Tagged With: boys, busy weekend, children, Cumbria, family, in my life, Penrith, women

Coronavirus: What I have in common with an oyster

April 12, 2020 By Ellen 2 Comments

Any noise annoys an oyster and a noisy noise annoys an oyster most. The stress of this coronavirus business is getting to us all, apparently. Around the world, those of us not on the front line of this battle are left stumbling around at home not quite knowing what to do with ourselves. Our amygdala […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: annoy, coronavirus, Covid 19, emotion, humour, irritation, lockdown, My Life, Something happened in my life, women

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