jdettmannNov 7, 20173 minWake In Fright: My Idyllic Country Writer’s RetreatI’ve done a couple of these little three-day stints in the past few months, and until now they’ve been fantastic for getting a huge...
jdettmannApr 27, 20165 minNothing Is Fun For The Whole FamilyThis 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...
jdettmannMar 8, 20163 minGood Spider, Bad SpiderDumbledore (left) and Huntsman Who Did Not Heed Me (right) Sydney’s in the middle of a plague of spiders. Summer forgot to end and for...
jdettmannMar 1, 20163 minTropical with No Chance of Orang-utansHow I cope with this is to put aside what I should be doing (perhaps preparing my keynote speech for the International Conference on...
jdettmannNov 23, 20154 minSome Enchanted EveningObviously this is not the beach we went to in this story. This is Waikiki beach, where I have also been grumpy in the recent past. I’m...
jdettmannNov 16, 20153 minIgnorance Is BlissApocalypse 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...
jdettmannJul 6, 20156 minChampion of the NoveltiesI have been exercising quite a lot. It turns out the trick to exercise is not trying too hard. Apparently I knew this when I was a child...
jdettmannApr 29, 20152 minI Stand For MercyI’m generally pretty hopeless at looking the bad aspects of our world in the eye. I’m didn’t participate in any vigils for Andrew Chan...
jdettmannMay 27, 20142 minCrossIt took half an hour to even upload this far-too-small image, due to iPhoto (or iFighto as my Dad has long called it) deciding that...
jdettmannDec 14, 20122 minKeep Calm And Carry On Like A Pork ChopMay Blossom re-enacts what will happen if you don’t shut about about your birth plan while having coffee with friends. My friends Lou and...
jdettmannNov 23, 20123 minCar Seat Shopping For The Hormonally DerangedOne of the many dangerous roads of the world that are all out to get my children, according to my pregnancy-addled brain. Have you ever...
jdettmannJul 24, 20122 minDegree Of DifficultyOh 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...
jdettmannJul 3, 20123 min1-2-3-4 Tell Me That You Love Me MoreThis pregnancy I have been plagued with insomnia, which is not something I have ever experienced before. I was the kid who could fall...
jdettmannMay 9, 20125 minCrying Over Spilt MilkThat sort of casual attitude is exactly how I did NOT approach breastfeeding. I approached it with a delightful cocktail of fear,...
jdettmannJan 31, 20122 minYou Be The Judge: On Playgroups And TantrumsIt probably wasn’t as awful to others as it was to me, but most of the other mums there have two or more kids, and I suddenly felt like a...
jdettmannJan 23, 20123 minGoing ViralDid you know there is such a thing as Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease? No? Well, you do now. I highly recommend not google-image searching...
jdettmannNov 14, 20112 minFear and Loving in Far North QueenslandWelcome to Cape Fear. Also Cape Hliarious Strategic Removal of Letters on Signs. I’ve been thinking this morning about H’s and my...