Advice

jdettmann

Nov 18, 20164 min read

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...

jdettmann

Nov 16, 20153 min read

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...

jdettmann

Sep 14, 20154 min read

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...

jdettmann

Apr 8, 20152 min read

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...

jdettmann

Feb 11, 20153 min read

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...

jdettmann

Apr 15, 20143 min read

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,...

jdettmann

Dec 3, 20121 min read

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:...

jdettmann

May 22, 20121 min read

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...