Ellenarnison

LATEST ARTICLES ( 927 )

• 255/365 Cool Dude

  

  Growing up isn't a steady gradual rising from feral infanthood to measured adult. It's happening in surprising spikes and bratty troughs. Boy One has started... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• This Family's Favourite Games

  

  Monopoly, snap or sardines? We don't need any of those games with recognisable rules that other families play. Not here. In the past I've written about how we... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 254/365 Three Cheers For Autumn

  

  If we had thatch eves they would be loaded with fruit. It's defiantly autumnal round here. So instead of bemoaning the death throes of summer and whingeing abou... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 253/365 Making Friends with the Slow Cooker

  

  This is what the peperonata sauce looked like at first. Later it just looked like sauce. I got the slow cooker out of the cupboard today. I know the food is... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 252/365 Swimming Lessons - Things I've Learned This Time Round

  

  Boy Three had his first swimming lesson today. It was time, with no sense of self preservation there was the increasing danger that he might learn the hard way... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guest Post: Making Retirement Homes More Contemporary

  

  Retirement housing is a hugely important part of the UK infrastructure as it gives a lot of support to the elderly population - to people who can’t be looked... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 251/365 Pedal for Scotland - the Eventful Version

  

  Clearly the organisers read my post last year and organised the several thousand cyclists to start in waves. Much better. Four-fifths of the contingent all read... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 250/365 Clochoderick Stone

  

  This huge lump of stone between here and Lochwinnoch is a rocking stone used by Druids to dispense justice. At one time the slightest force would make it move s... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Time Poverty: Making the Most of It

  

  Time. I find myself constantly in conflict with it. There isn't enough, or it's not ticking by quick enough. Faster. Slower, whatever it does it's the wrong... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 249/365 Netwalking - My Kind of Business Meeting

  

  Of course that's not a rain cloud Between the rocks can be quite spooky when it's not full of chatting women Stunning views Looking at Loch Lomond Looking at... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guest Post: Infrared Photography

  

  Infrared photography involves playing with light to create a weird and interesting effect on a landscape. Professional and home photographers alike can take a... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 248/365 Free Animals at the Supermarket

  

  That there in the jar is Korean kimchi. I went to see Lindsay this morning when she kindly gave me a sourdough starter plus instructions. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 247/365 Deady Long Legs

  

  It must have been a good year for long legs, daddy, mummy and the kids. Now they are everywhere - hanging by one leg from things, fluttering round irritatingly... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thoughts on Picking Your First Car

  

  My first car looked a something like this. Or rather a much older and more battered version. I bought it because a friend of a friend had it for sale. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kidscape's Stranger Danger Shocker is Nothing but Sensationalisation

  

  One of today's big stories is the 'shocking' and 'frightening' result of an experiment by child protection charity Kidscape. They set about to prove how easy... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 245/365 Selfie with Cold Sore

  

  I'm sharing in the hope it'll make me feel better about it. I have a horrible cold sore which, as you can see, is especially attractive. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 244/365 Ben A'an and a Shameful Sight

  

  There we were the Boys, Fionaoutdoors and I spending a slightly overcast Sunday climbing Ben A'an. And we stopped for lunch at the inviting big rocks just befor... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 243/365 Only Eight Days 'til the Pedal For Scotland

  

  This time next Sunday it'll all be over. Boy Two, Supergran, Supersister, Step Mum and a few thousand others will have pedalled 47 miles from Glasgow to... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 242/365 How Kinesiology is Turtle-y Awesome...

  

  There are many things I don't understand - like gravity, homophobia, quantitative easing, Minecraft and people who eat oysters. They function, I know, but I jus... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Makes Us Gamble?

  

  This question isn’t as simple as it sounds. There are a full house of reasons why we gamble, what we expect to get from it (yes, money, but there are other... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION