jdettmannAug 17, 20173 minThere Will Be BooksCurious George is a movie that can penetrate even the most noise-cancelling of headphones. Writing a novel in the same room as a...
jdettmannNov 2, 20164 minNovember: A To-Do ListMe, making a to-d0 list. Sketch by H. Attend My 20th High School Reunion This weekend I’m going my 20th high school reunion, an event...
jdettmannSep 8, 20163 minPsycho Killer: Qu’est-ce que c’est?And well might you ask, Talking Heads, well might you ask. Is a psycho killer a killer of psychos, or a psycho who kills? It’s a crucial...
jdettmannJun 3, 20163 minWho Will Rock Me?We Will Rock You is a musical by Ben Elton, based on the songs of Queen. When arranging the tickets I made very sure Dad was aware that...
jdettmannNov 23, 20154 minSome Enchanted EveningObviously this is not the beach we went to in this story. This is Waikiki beach, where I have also been grumpy in the recent past. I’m...
jdettmannJul 6, 20156 minChampion of the NoveltiesI have been exercising quite a lot. It turns out the trick to exercise is not trying too hard. Apparently I knew this when I was a child...
jdettmannOct 21, 20133 minNearly Three Years InTomorrow is May Blossom’s third birthday. If you’d asked me three years ago what I thought my life might look like now, I would have...
jdettmannDec 20, 20111 minA Very ‘To The Lighthouse’ ChristmasThe place was gone to rack and ruin. Only the Lighthouse beam entered the rooms for a moment, sent its sudden stare over bed and wall in...
jdettmannNov 8, 20111 minDo-Nothing TuesdayFortunately, Other Jess turned up this morning with a tub of vanilla ice-cream and the words ‘iced coffee’ on her lips. I cancelled my...
jdettmannOct 26, 20111 minDown With DiversityWhere are your friends? If this is some sort of sock conspiracy to make me lose my tiny mind and turn to the cooking sherry before nine...
jdettmannSep 19, 20114 minMaligned Mothers from Children’s Literature: Mayzie the Lazy BirdMay Blossom reads Dear Zoo In Dr Seuss’s Horton Hatches the Egg, a bird called Mayzie grows tired of sitting on her egg. She wants a...