jdettmannNov 18, 20164 minShould 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...
jdettmannAug 2, 20164 minRUN NOW!Baffling contraption As we are wont to do from time to time, H and I have started a small health kick. It’s not a high kick. We’re not...
jdettmannNov 25, 20121 minAll That GlittersIt turned out that the sparkly dress I bought online and wore to the wedding yesterday was just a dress with glitter glued to it. Not...
jdettmannNov 14, 20122 minIt Doesn’t Touch The MangoWhich of the two following stories is scarier? Thing 1. This week I saw a new physiotherapist. She told me I should wear what can only be...
jdettmannJun 15, 20122 minPaint It BlackA mother, on the other hand, in my humble experience of less than two years, is more like the shell of a person. The stretched out, faded...
jdettmannMar 12, 20122 minYou’re Older Than You’ve Ever Been And Now You’re Even OlderApproximately how many candles I will need for my birthday cake this year. It’s my birthday soon. I’ll be older than ever before. There...
jdettmannFeb 10, 20121 minLife With Gusto Goes InteractiveWelcome, too, to any new readers. I think some of you have come my way via Tomboy Style. If so, I expect you’re terribly cool and have...
jdettmannFeb 9, 20121 minWhat I’ve Liked This Week: Fremantle EditionWearing sandals, thongs, or plastic Melissa shoes. Looking at the photograph ‘Nat and the Girls’ by my clever friend John Witzig,...
jdettmannJan 6, 20122 minBad Hair DayHaving being born with an unusually thick crop of dark hair – for an Anglo baby, at least – May Blossom is no stranger to the scissors....
jdettmannNov 21, 20113 minWhat, This Old Thing?How many of your clothes do you love? I mean love as in you’d think about them for a long, long time if you never saw them again. I have...
jdettmannNov 2, 20112 minCoat TalesMy grandparents in 1931. There is a slight chance that the love of a good coat can be inherited. We are going to America in a month. This...