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    Should It Stay Or Should It Go?
    jdettmann
    • Nov 18, 2016
    • 4 min

    Should It Stay Or Should It Go?

    I need to cull our belongings. This is a truth universally known. But I am also a sentimentalist at heart. I know how you’re meant to get...
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    Ignorance Is Bliss
    jdettmann
    • Nov 16, 2015
    • 3 min

    Ignorance Is Bliss

    Apocalypse now, or have we time for another coffee before the end of days? ‘Why do I still have to go to kindy?’ May Blossom moaned  to...
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    Follow Your Arrow
    jdettmann
    • Sep 14, 2015
    • 4 min

    Follow Your Arrow

    I think I’ve figured out why smart parents make their kids listen to kids’ music. It’s so you can have conversations about how yes, the...
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    20 Things I Should Probably Have Explained To The New Babysitter
    jdettmann
    • Apr 7, 2015
    • 2 min

    20 Things I Should Probably Have Explained To The New Babysitter

    When Garnet says he wants to wear a dress, he means it. Unless he is talking about a T-shirt, which I have taken to calling dresses in an...
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    Train Travel For The Out-Of-Practice
    jdettmann
    • Feb 11, 2015
    • 3 min

    Train Travel For The Out-Of-Practice

    Train for illustrative purposes only. Not a Tangara. When my train pulled into the station this morning, I thought ‘Ooh, fancy: a...
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    The Perfect Gin and Tonic
    jdettmann
    • Apr 15, 2014
    • 3 min

    The Perfect Gin and Tonic

    As much as I love a gin and tonic I am surprisingly unfussy about how they are prepared. As long as it has gin and tonic water in it,...
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    The Lazy Person’s Guide To Buying A Christmas Present For My Dad
    jdettmann
    • Dec 3, 2012
    • 1 min

    The Lazy Person’s Guide To Buying A Christmas Present For My Dad

    1. Is it a book? Yes: go to question 2. No: Select again and go back to question 1. 2. Does it have endnotes? Yes: Go to question 3. No:...
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    Out Of Control
    jdettmann
    • May 22, 2012
    • 1 min

    Out Of Control

    So instead of writing you a proper blog entry, I am going to try to tackle one of the house-sorting items on my to-do list, which is so...
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