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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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    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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    Does Gin Sink?
    jdettmann
    • Nov 3, 2013
    • 1 min

    Does Gin Sink?

    I want to know because H just made me a gin and tonic to stop me being so very grumpy and Sundaynighty and horrible (my mother suggested...
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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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    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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    Gracious Is My Middle Name
    jdettmann
    • Apr 3, 2012
    • 2 min

    Gracious Is My Middle Name

    I actually had a very, very nice birthday. May Blossom decided that I should enjoy the day for as many hours as possible so she got up at...
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    Smells Like Too Many Spirits
    jdettmann
    • Mar 14, 2012
    • 2 min

    Smells Like Too Many Spirits

    This week I moved all our wine from the hall cupboard into wine racks on top of the spare room wardrobe, relocating the spirits to the...
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    Is Going Out Tonight Worth It?: A Statistical Analysis
    jdettmann
    • Mar 5, 2012
    • 3 min

    Is Going Out Tonight Worth It?: A Statistical Analysis

    I bought the tickets a few months ago on a whim, because H loves Bonnie Prince Billy, who is a grumpy-looking, balding, blond bearded...
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    You’re So Money
    jdettmann
    • Feb 15, 2012
    • 3 min

    You’re So Money

    In other areas of my life in which I am clearly not money, I went back to the gym today for the first time since I was five months...
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    What I’ve Liked This Week: Fremantle Edition
    jdettmann
    • Feb 9, 2012
    • 1 min

    What I’ve Liked This Week: Fremantle Edition

    Wearing sandals,  thongs, or plastic Melissa shoes. Looking at the photograph ‘Nat and the Girls’ by my clever friend John Witzig,...
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    No Gold Medal
    jdettmann
    • Feb 8, 2012
    • 2 min

    No Gold Medal

    When we arrived in Perth three days ago, sixteen hours after Pappy’s death, we were running on what could charitably described as empty....
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    A New Year, A New Way To Eat Potato Chips
    jdettmann
    • Jan 2, 2012
    • 2 min

    A New Year, A New Way To Eat Potato Chips

    More guests arrived and three cats became four; an eleven-dollar blow-up paddling pool provided at least twelve dollars worth of fun; I...
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    Fear and Loving in Far North Queensland
    jdettmann
    • Nov 14, 2011
    • 2 min

    Fear and Loving in Far North Queensland

    Welcome to Cape Fear. Also Cape Hliarious Strategic Removal of Letters on Signs. I’ve been thinking this morning about H’s and my...
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    The Cure for Autumn Envy
    jdettmann
    • Nov 10, 2011
    • 1 min

    The Cure for Autumn Envy

    What this means is that the food bloggers are always writing about the finding delicious new season apples in their farmers’ markets just...
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    What I’ve Liked This Week
    jdettmann
    • Sep 26, 2011
    • 1 min

    What I’ve Liked This Week

    reading about monochromes. I had read about this phenomenon years ago here and forgotten all about it. listening to Stornoway. wearing my...
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