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    Panic Stations
    jdettmann
    • Feb 20, 2018
    • 4 min

    Panic Stations

    Like sorting Lego into colours, listing your worries makes you feel like you’re making progress. In both cases this is an illusion. I’m...
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    There Will Be Books
    jdettmann
    • Aug 17, 2017
    • 3 min

    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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    Not What It Seems
    jdettmann
    • Jun 13, 2017
    • 4 min

    Not What It Seems

    ‘What’s that window doing there?’ I asked. ‘It’s not really a window,’ the brickie told me. ‘It’s more of a vent.’ I said nothing. ‘So...
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    How to Make Terrible Gnocchi
    jdettmann
    • Apr 10, 2017
    • 3 min

    How to Make Terrible Gnocchi

    The pesto would have been better tossed with small snails than with the gnocchi I made. I know I have a tendency to toot my own horn on...
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    November: A To-Do List
    jdettmann
    • Nov 2, 2016
    • 4 min

    November: A To-Do List

    Me, making a to-d0 list. Sketch by H. Attend My 20th High School Reunion This weekend I’m going my 20th high school reunion, an event...
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    Pining For The Fjords
    jdettmann
    • Oct 10, 2016
    • 3 min

    Pining For The Fjords

    I’m doing that thing I always do when I come back from new and wonderful, and I try to transport the lifestyle. When H and I went to...
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    Leave No Bag Behind
    jdettmann
    • Sep 21, 2016
    • 4 min

    Leave No Bag Behind

    My suitcase, in disgrace It’s my fourth day in Finland and I know three words. They’re same three words I knew before I got here. Sauna,...
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    Area of Particular Interest
    jdettmann
    • Aug 25, 2016
    • 5 min

    Area of Particular Interest

    That aside, we are really very extremely excited. We are going to Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The trip has come about because Jess is a...
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    In The End, It Was The Odd Socks That Finished Her Off
    jdettmann
    • Jul 20, 2016
    • 4 min

    In The End, It Was The Odd Socks That Finished Her Off

    Garnet searching for his socks. We’ve been on a holiday. A driving holiday, and while I’ll try to write about that soon, and tell you all...
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    Testing Times
    jdettmann
    • Mar 16, 2016
    • 4 min

    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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    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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    When You Think He’s Fast Asleep, He’s Always Wide Awake
    jdettmann
    • Jan 15, 2014
    • 3 min

    When You Think He’s Fast Asleep, He’s Always Wide Awake

    Why the italics, you might ask. What has Gusto done to merit that? Nothing. Gusto is being an exemplary feline. It is the jellicle cats...
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    Keep Calm And Carry On Like A Pork Chop
    jdettmann
    • Dec 14, 2012
    • 2 min

    Keep Calm And Carry On Like A Pork Chop

    May 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...
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    My Wedding Advice
    jdettmann
    • Nov 24, 2012
    • 3 min

    My Wedding Advice

    My most excellent friends Nic and Wilf are getting married today! So, in their honour, I present my top ten pieces of wedding day advice....
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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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    Probably For The Best
    jdettmann
    • Nov 18, 2012
    • 1 min

    Probably For The Best

    Must dust cat. To our dear friends whose hen’s and buck’s nights we failed to attend last night, the following conversation is what we...
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    This Is What You Get When You Mess With Us
    jdettmann
    • Nov 13, 2012
    • 1 min

    This Is What You Get When You Mess With Us

    I think we all feel like this today. Because of the wonders of Facebook, I know, for certain, that everyone else in the civilised world...
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    Children’s Parties for the Back-yardless
    jdettmann
    • Nov 13, 2012
    • 3 min

    Children’s Parties for the Back-yardless

    Invitations: To get the numbers up, it’s useful invite people to your party. I used Paperless Post for electronic invitations. It is...
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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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    Outstanding
    jdettmann
    • Apr 20, 2012
    • 3 min

    Outstanding

    First prize for The Pun With The Most Elaborate Set-up: H announced this morning that his watch is set to 'Green H mean time'. We’re back...
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