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jdettmann
Aug 17, 20173 min read
There Will Be Books
Curious George is a movie that can penetrate even the most noise-cancelling of headphones. Writing a novel in the same room as a...
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jdettmann
May 17, 20164 min read
The Joy of Sticks
From top: gun, sword, wand. AKA ‘kindling for Granddad’. I’ve never thought brandishing a stick was a good idea. We were always told by...
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jdettmann
Mar 16, 20164 min read
Testing Times
Occasionally he makes up a word (‘You nuckus!’) or just pops something that’s not an insult at all (‘You big sandwich!) None of it is...
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jdettmann
Feb 5, 20162 min read
7 Reasons My Five Year Old Shouldn’t Have to Go to School, According to Her    Â
I have already been to school. For five whole days. What do you mean, five days isn’t enough? How long is this ridiculousness supposed to...
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jdettmann
Apr 1, 20122 min read
Do As I Say, Not As I Do.
Last week I was grating a raw beetroot into a pot of soup (this soup, incidentally, which is so delicious I almost ate H’s portion before...
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jdettmann
Mar 21, 20123 min read
She Is Sixteen, Going On Seventeen (Months)
May Blossom loves to play. Anything that involves chasing, shrieking and creating mayhem gets her seal of approval. Yesterday she and her...
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