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    It Turns Out, You Can Go Home Again
    jdettmann
    • Jun 29, 2016
    • 3 min

    It Turns Out, You Can Go Home Again

    Sample bookshelf from my parents’ attic: Just one of the many collections of books that tells you probably more than you need to know...
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    Nothing Is Fun For The Whole Family
    jdettmann
    • Apr 27, 2016
    • 5 min

    Nothing Is Fun For The Whole Family

    This seems lovely, doesn’t it? Until you realise that is not the ocean Garnet is wallowing in but actually self-pity. See the ripples of...
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    Lego, Lego, Can’t Hold It Back Any More
    jdettmann
    • Jun 4, 2015
    • 3 min

    Lego, Lego, Can’t Hold It Back Any More

    For about a year we have had, shoved into the cupboard in the playroom where no-one ever goes because it houses the vacuum cleaner, a...
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    A Bit of Stair Trouble
    jdettmann
    • Feb 5, 2015
    • 5 min

    A Bit of Stair Trouble

    This morning was officially the second day I was to leave the house and come here to work on the blog and other self-directed (aka...
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    The Son Also Vomits
    jdettmann
    • Aug 8, 2014
    • 3 min

    The Son Also Vomits

    My daughter has a remarkable grasp of phonetic spelling. This week has indeed been totally phykd. Gastro. Again. You’re going to start...
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    We Sneeze In The Face Of Danger
    jdettmann
    • Jul 4, 2014
    • 3 min

    We Sneeze In The Face Of Danger

    May Blossom’s Self-Portrait With Gastro It’s winter here, and with each new and sparkling dawn comes a new illness. I’m quite serious:...
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    Flat-packed
    jdettmann
    • Dec 12, 2013
    • 3 min

    Flat-packed

    So sweet, you’d never know they have tiny ear canals brimming with filth and germs. Nor that the one on the right is about to throw up in...
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    Things Are Good When Things Are Good
    jdettmann
    • Sep 20, 2013
    • 3 min

    Things Are Good When Things Are Good

    Thing 1: Since one or other or another of his or my recent colds or ear infections or other random maladies that have blurred into one...
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    You Give Me Fever
    jdettmann
    • Dec 4, 2012
    • 1 min

    You Give Me Fever

    In the event of finding yourself over thirty-eight weeks pregnant and suffering from a virus that makes you burn with fever and shake...
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    My Patience Is The Only Thin Part Of Me
    jdettmann
    • Nov 27, 2012
    • 3 min

    My Patience Is The Only Thin Part Of Me

    But, weirdly enough, it was one of the loveliest nights I can remember. Partly because nights in general, in my opinion, are for sleeping...
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    Talking Turkey
    jdettmann
    • Nov 22, 2012
    • 2 min

    Talking Turkey

    Actually, this year the game of Move The Tables From The Verandah To The Garden And Back Again Thrice As The Weather Changes was knocked...
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    Grant Me The Serenity
    jdettmann
    • Oct 18, 2012
    • 3 min

    Grant Me The Serenity

    Lunch out with a tiny nun always helps. I haven’t been feeling very good lately. It’s nothing that the birth of NB won’t fix (or possibly...
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    Off The Wagon
    jdettmann
    • Aug 9, 2012
    • 3 min

    Off The Wagon

    We have just spent seven days on a dude ranch in southern Colorado with my extended family on my mother’s side. We do this every couple...
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    Degree Of Difficulty
    jdettmann
    • Jul 24, 2012
    • 2 min

    Degree Of Difficulty

    Oh for the days when the in-seat phone was all the entertainment she needed. In about four hours we are heading to the airport to fly for...
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    Absence Makes The Weather Grow Colder.
    jdettmann
    • Jun 26, 2012
    • 2 min

    Absence Makes The Weather Grow Colder.

    Um, no. I haven’t got a good reason. I was just off, you know, living my life and trying to keep warm. Oh, and GROWING A HUMAN, too,...
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    Great Expectations
    jdettmann
    • Jun 4, 2012
    • 3 min

    Great Expectations

    Here’s a blurry picture of the creature to be known henceforth as NB. Those are the initials of its in utero name, but could equally...
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    How To Feel Better
    jdettmann
    • May 28, 2012
    • 2 min

    How To Feel Better

    1. When she walks down steps, May Blossom has taken to sometimes refusing the proffered hand of her father or me and instead holds her...
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    What I’ve Liked This Week: Learning to Be On Holiday Edition
    jdettmann
    • Apr 13, 2012
    • 2 min

    What I’ve Liked This Week: Learning to Be On Holiday Edition

    Swimming in an ocean rock pool. I am a bit slow, clearly, but I have finally discovered a place that has all the nice seawater of the...
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    Where Have All The Yellow Cars Gone?
    jdettmann
    • Mar 26, 2012
    • 1 min

    Where Have All The Yellow Cars Gone?

    Silver. Silver. Silver. White. Black. Silver. Black. Black. Silver. RED! Dark Blue. Silver. Silver. The cars are so montone these days...
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    Ups and Downs
    jdettmann
    • Mar 7, 2012
    • 3 min

    Ups and Downs

    In the down column: 1. My 102-year-old grandmother suffered a small stroke. 2. The fate of our missing family cat, Tigercat, was...
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